Opposites...

It's time for another installment in my vocabulary series about opposites~!

big <-----> little or small

I wanted to start with something easy big is 大きい and little/small is 小さい.

male <------> female

This is the scientific term used when talking about men and women.

The male lion has a large mane while the female does not.

In Japanese, male is 雄; 牡 ( おす) and female is 雌 (めす).

man <-------> woman WO -man (singular)
men <----------> women wi-min (plural)

You will often find men/women written on the doors of toilets in English speaking countries.

Excuse me where is the men's room?

gentleman <-----------> lady (singular)
gentlemen <------------> ladies (plural)

In Japanese, gentlemen/gentleman is 紳士 (しんし) and lady/ladies is 嬢さん (じょうさん).

Now be careful, for some reason you NEVER hear women ask "Where's the women's room?" instead they use the more polite "Where's the ladies room?". Whereas men will NEVER say "Where's the gentlemen's room?".

Have a nice week,

Phil