婦人（ふじん、fujin）
- woman / lady

The Japanese word 婦人, pronounced ふじん (fujin), primarily means "woman" or "lady". It typically refers to an adult woman, often with a sense of respect or formality. It can imply that a woman is married, but it doesn't always have to. The nuance often suggests a degree of social standing or maturity.

⚫︎婦人服 Translation: Women's clothing ⚫︎婦人科 Translation: Gynecology ⚫︎このレストランは上婦人向きです。 Translation: This restaurant is for ladies / women.

⚫︎婦人 is used in formal or polite contexts. ⚫︎It's common in writing and in more formal speech. ⚫︎You might use it when referring to women in general, in a store selling women's products, or when talking about a group of women. ⚫︎You wouldn't typically use 婦人 to address a woman directly unless in a very formal setting. ⚫︎It can be used in the context of polite conversation when referring to someone else's wife. For instance, "あの婦人はあなたの奥さんですか？" (Ano fujin wa anata no okusan desu ka?) - "Is that lady your wife?".

⚫︎The word is primarily written using the kanji 婦 and 人: 婦人. ⚫︎The reading ふじん is in hiragana. ⚫︎There are no variations in okurigana.

⚫︎女性 (josei): This is a more general term for "woman" or "female". ⚫︎女性 is often less formal than 婦人. ⚫︎奥様 (okusama): This word refers to a married woman, similar to "madam" or "wife". ⚫︎奥様 implies a sense of respect. ⚫︎お嬢さん (ojōsan): This means "young lady" or "daughter" and is used for young unmarried women. ⚫︎女の人 (onna no hito): Meaning "woman" in a neutral way.

⚫︎男性 (dansei): "Man" or "male". ⚫︎少年 (shōnen): "Boy". ⚫︎少女 (shōjo): "Girl".

このデパートの婦人服売り場は広いです。 ・Translation: The women's clothing section of this department store is large. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 婦人服 (fujinfuku) which means "women's clothing," demonstrating its use in describing a department store section.

彼は婦人の意見を尊重します。 ・Translation: He respects the opinions of women. ・Explanation: This example shows the usage of 婦人 in a more general sense, referring to women collectively.

⚫︎婦 (fu) in 婦人 is the kanji for "woman" or "wife". ⚫︎人 (jin) is the kanji for "person." ⚫︎Therefore, 婦人 literally means "woman person." ⚫︎The combination of these two kanji creates the meaning of "woman" with a sense of respect or social standing.