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A4 Noun

早乙女(さおとめ)young female rice planter, young girl

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    1. Noun

      1. 1.

        young female rice planter, young girl

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    早乙女 【さおとめ】早少女 【さおとめ】

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    • (むかし)()()えをする(わか)女性(じょせい)のことを「早乙女(さおとめ)」と()いました。

      In the past, young women who planted rice were called ‘saotome’.

    • あの女性(じょせい)田畑(たはた)(はたら)いているから、(むかし)()うところの「早乙女(さおとめ)」だ。

      That woman is working in the rice fields, so she would have been called ‘saotome’ in the past.

    • (わたし)早乙女(さおとめ)で、毎日(まいにち)田畑(たはた)汗水(あせみず)(なが)しています。

      I am a young female rice planter, and I sweat and toil in the fields every day.

      • (ふる)くは、「早乙女(さおとめ)」のことを「(うえ)(おんな)」とも()んでいたと()きました。

        I heard that in ancient times, a "young female rice planter" was also called a "female field worker".

      • 早乙女(さおとめ)田植(たう)えをしている風景(ふうけい)をカメラに(おさ)めるつもりです。

        I plan to capture the scene of young female rice planters planting rice in the fields with my camera.

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