むすめ
daughter
The good one, they always said, the woman of the house before she was tall enough to reach the shelf. The same moose むす as 息子, except that this one is a め. Now she lives in America: むすめ.
Pairs with 息子 むすこ, son. Same opening two morae, and the last one is the whole difference.
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