女帝(じょてい) じょてい noun empress (reigning); powerful woman formalpoliticspersonhistory 1. empress (reigning in her own right) A woman who reigns as monarch herself, as opposed to the wife of an emperor. Figuratively, a woman who holds great power in some field. 日本(にほん)にはかつて何人(なんにん)もの女帝(じょてい)がいた。 Japan once had several reigning empresses. 推古天皇(すいこてんのう)は日本(にほん)で最初(さいしょ)の女帝(じょてい)とされる。 Empress Suiko is considered Japan's first reigning empress. 彼女(かのじょ)は長年(ながねん)業界(ぎょうかい)を支配(しはい)し、「女帝(じょてい)」と呼(よ)ばれている。 Having dominated the industry for years, she is called its "empress." In Japanese history the word usually refers to the eight women who reigned as 天皇(てんのう), the last of them in the eighteenth century.Similar words皇后(こうごう): empress consort, the wife of an emperor女王(じょおう): queenCommon collocations政界(せいかい)の女帝(じょてい): the empress of the political world (a powerful woman politician) Related Words Compare: 皇后(こうごう) (empress consort, the wife of an emperor) Compare: 女王(じょおう) (queen) general Added 2026.10.2 10:56 · Revised 2026.10.2 10:57 31000/31423_jotei