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Definition 2024

		ardent; intense; split ardent; intense; split; crack; rend	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (烈女)		烈	女

烈女

heroine, female martyr
(neo-Confucianism) a woman who commits suicide after her husband or fiancé's death rather than remarry, or who dies preserving her chastity

烈女 ‎(hiragana れつじょ, romaji retsujo)

faithful woman with a strong will
- 1920, 菊池寛, 真珠夫人:
  瑠璃子 (るりこ)は、昂然 (こうぜん)と現代 (げんだい)の烈女 (れつじょ)と云 (い)つてもいゝやうに、美 (うつく)しく勇 (いさ)ましかつた。