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From: "TommyLee Whitlock" <tommylee@whitlock.org>
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> Not to me.  In light of {ninmu} `woman', {ninba} makes me imagine
> an old woman (a granny) rather than a young one (a girl).
> 

"ninba" seems to trigger "bimbo" for me, which is generally in American slang, 
a pretty, young, but very vapid young woman.  

Cheers,
tommylee