Male and female - man and woman

Japanese: 男女 - おとこおんな
Male and female - man and woman
〘noun〙① Man and woman. Both men and women. ※Genji (c. 1001-14) Kiritsubo: "The man and woman lamented to each other, saying, 'What a pitiful act!'" ② A husband and wife. Also, a man and woman in a romantic relationship. ※Kokin (905-914) Kana preface: "Poetry soothes the relationship between man and woman and comforts the hearts of valiant warriors." ③ A man who has sexual characteristics and traits that are like a woman, and like a man, and vice versa. ※Manji (1928-30) Tanizaki Junichiro, 21: "And so it seems that that's why people started calling Watanuki a 'man and woman ' or a 'woman and man.'"

Dan-jo ...jo [male and female]

〘Noun〙① Man and woman. What is that? [Kyoei Jukujiten (1874)] ※I Am a Cat (1905-06)〈Natsume Soseki〉 11 "I have to live from morning to night with the same feeling as a young man and woman who are going on a blind date." [Book of Rites - Kyokurei vol. 1] ② By extension, lust. ※Shugiwasho (around 1676) 14 "The human mind is this form of being, referring to the things that perceive and move in terms of form. It is the place where one knows the cold and heat, and where one knows what to eat and drink, and what men and women are like."

Nan-nyo [male and female]

〘 noun 〙 Man and woman. Danjo. ※Shoku Nihongi, Yoro 5th year (721), May Day, "I took the following notes and one hundred men and women who had become monks and were asceticized ." ※Ninjyohon, Shunshoku Umeji Homami (1832-33), later "In particular, when there were no men and women (nannyo) , they were in a red bedroom with green curtains."

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Japanese:
〘名〙① 男と女。男も女も。※源氏(1001‐14頃)桐壺「おとこ女『いとわりなきわざかな』と言ひあはせつつ嘆く」② 夫婦。また、恋愛関係にある男女。※古今(905‐914)仮名序「おとこ女の仲をもやはらげ、たけきもののふの心をも慰むるは、歌なり」③ 男でありながら女のような、また、女でありながら男のような、性徴や特質をもつもの。※卍(1928‐30)〈谷崎潤一郎〉二一「そいから綿貫のこと『男女(ヲトコヲンナ)』やとか『女男』やとか云ふやうになったのんやさうですが」

だん‐じょ ‥ヂョ【男女】

〘名〙① おとことおんな。なんにょ。〔広益熟字典(1874)〕※吾輩は猫である(1905‐06)〈夏目漱石〉一一「丁度見合をする若い男女の心持ちで朝から晩迄くらさなければならない」 〔礼記‐曲礼上〕② 転じて、色欲。※集義和書(1676頃)一四「人心は、此形の有間、形につきて知覚運動するものをさして云なり。寒暑をしり飲食男女を知所也」

なん‐にょ【男女】

〘名〙 男と女。だんじょ。※続日本紀‐養老五年(721)五月己酉「宜取浄行男女一百人、入道修上レ道」※人情本・春色梅児誉美(1832‐33)後「別て男女(ナンニョ)のなからひは、翠帳紅閨の中に」

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