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”). The kokoro changes to gokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

乙(おと)女(め)心(ごころ) • (otomegokoro) ^{←をとめごころ (wotomegokoro)^?}

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)
恋心(こいごころ) (koigokoro)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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