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spinster Meaning in Japanese (spinster 英語 意味)

やせおんな
やせおんな in English:spinster
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spinster の日本語の意味は「やせおんな」です。 (結婚適齢期を過ぎても結婚しない女性。特に、生涯独身でいることを予期される女性を指す、やや古風で否定的なニュアンスを持つ言葉。)

Definitions of Spinster

  1. 1
    noun(dated)
    やせおんな

    An unmarried woman, typically an older woman who is beyond the usual age for marrying and is considered unlikely to marry.

    結婚適齢期を過ぎても結婚しない女性。特に、生涯独身でいることを予期される女性を指す、やや古風で否定的なニュアンスを持つ言葉。

Example Sentences

casual

“She was often called a spinster because she never married.”

彼女は一度も結婚しなかったので、しばしば「やせおんな」と呼ばれた。

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Synonyms (類語)

In English:

old maid

Antonyms (対義語)

In English:

married woman

Inflected Word Forms

nounspinsterhood

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

spinster auntcollocation

An aunt who has never married.