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This page discusses the gender in Japanese. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.
| Boy: 少年 shoonen |
Girl: 少女 shoojo |
Man: 男 otoko |
Woman: 女 onna |
| Father: 父 chichi |
Mother: 母 haha |
Brother: 兄弟 kyoudai |
Sister: 姉妹 simai |
| Actor: 男優 danyuu |
Actress: 女優 joyuu |
Cat (m): 猫（オス） neko (osu) |
Cat (f): 猫（メス） neko(mesu) |
These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.
| He is tall: 彼は背が高い。 Kare wa se ga takai. |
She is tall: 彼女は背が高い。 Kanojo wa se ga takai. |
| He is a short man: 彼は背の低い男です。 Kare wa se no hikui otoko desu. |
She is a short woman: 彼女は背の低い女です。 Kanojo wa se no hikui onna desu. |
| He is German: 彼はドイツ人です。 Kare wa Doitsu jin desu. |
She is German: 彼女はドイツ人です。 Kanojo wa Doitsu jin desu. |
| Japanese men are friendly: 日本の男性は親しみやすい。 Nihon no dansei wa shitasimi yasui. |
Japanese women are friendly: 日本の女性は親しみやすい。 Nihon no josei wa shitashimi yasui. |
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