sentences:  However, until the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century, was used for both genders; meant "girlfriend", as it still does.Although Japanese has no grammatical gender, certain words and expressions "semantically" refer specifically to males or specifically to females (such as "haha" "mother", "bijin" "beautiful woman").The language spoken by Japanese women is markedly different from the speech of Japanese men in terms of vocabulary, use of grammar and idioms, pronunciation, etc.