乾物女 (gon1 mat6 neoi5*2 | gan1 wu4 nv3) : unmarried woman resigned to live on her own

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乾物女

gon1 mat6 neoi5*2

gan1 wu4 nv3

[popular Japanese slang word] "Dried-fish woman" Himono onna 干物女 (Chinese translation: 魚乾女)
an unmarried woman, usually in her late 29s to 30s or older, who has given up on love and sex, resigned to live on her own.

is an expression used in the movie Hotaru No Hikari to describe the main character, a woman in her 20s who has renounced the pursuit of romance.
She spends her evenings reading manga and drinking at home alone and she spends her weekends lazing around in bed: she’s a "dried-fish woman".

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

乾物女

This word has been viewed 2352 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 1st Jan 2011 14:16 and last edited on 6th Feb 2011 01:50

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乾 gon1 kin4 - dry; dried food; dried up; adopted
物 mat6 - thing; substance; stuff
女 neoi5 neoi2 - woman; daughter

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