彼女

• 読み: かのじょ
• ローマ字: kanojo
• 漢字の分解: 彼 (hi/kare) — that, he; 女 (jo/onna) — woman, female
• 発音: /ka.no.dʑo/

意味

She; her; girlfriend. A third-person feminine pronoun or a term for a romantic partner.

Has two distinct uses. As a pronoun, it means 'she/her' and is used in written and somewhat formal speech to refer to a female third person. In casual conversation, it commonly means 'girlfriend.' Context usually makes the meaning clear. The male counterpart is 彼 (kare), which similarly means 'he' or 'boyfriend.'

例文

1. 彼女は来年フランスに留学する予定です。
2. 彼女ができたらしいよ。
3. 彼女にプレゼントを渡しました。

使い方ガイド

場面: relationships, daily conversation, writing

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 彼 (ka/kare, that person) and 女 (jo/onna, woman). Originally a literary pronoun introduced in the Meiji era to translate Western third-person feminine pronouns.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal