喪女
Japanese
Etymology 1
From モテない (motenai, “unpopular”) + 女 (onna, “woman; female”). モテない (motenai) was shortened to モ (mo) and was assigned the kanji 喪 (mo, “mourning”) as phonetic ateji.
Pronunciation
Noun
喪女 (hiragana もおんな, rōmaji moonna)
See also
- 喪男 (moo, mootoko, “unpopular guy”)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 喪 | 女 |
| も Grade: S |
じょ Grade: 1 |
| yutōyomi | |
Same derivation as above, using the on'yomi of jo for the 女 character.
Pronunciation
Noun
喪女 (hiragana もじょ, rōmaji mojo)
See also
- 喪男 (modan, “unpopular guy”)
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