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JLPT N4 · Noun

娘 (musume)

娘 (むすめ, musume) is a Japanese noun meaning “daughter”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
むすめ
Romaji
musume
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. daughter · noun
  2. girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman) · noun

Example sentences

彼女は娘の身支度を手伝った。
She aided her daughter in dressing.
Tatoeba #86574
私は若い娘の厚化粧は好まない。
I don't like heavy makeup on a young girl.
Tatoeba #163410

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 娘

娘
daughter, girlジョウ・むすめ・こ · 10 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1531190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.