乙女心

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乙	女	心
おと Grade: S	め Grade: 1	こころ > ごころ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 乙女 (おとめ) (otome, “young girl; maiden”) + 心 (こころ) (kokoro, “heart”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おとめごころ [òtómégóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- IPA^(key): [o̞to̞me̞ɡo̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

乙女心 (hiragana おとめごころ, rōmaji otomegokoro, historical hiragana をとめごころ)

feelings and emotions of a young girl (i.e. pure, delicate, with feelings of innocent love, etc.)

See also

乙男 (おとめん) (otomen)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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