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shojo

shojo

9.9
A young girl who appears in Japanese stories and media
  • noun
  • /ˈʃoʊdʒoʊ/
: chica
  • The manga series features a shojo who discovers magical powers in her everyday life.

Examples

  • The shojo in the story dreams of becoming a famous artist.

  • In Japanese culture, a shojo is often depicted as innocent and cheerful.

  • The artist painted a shojo standing beneath cherry blossom trees in spring.

  • Many shojos enjoy reading manga about friendship.

  • The magazine features stories that resonate with shojo who love adventures and friendship.

  • She enjoys reading shojo manga because of its relatable characters and emotional storylines.

  • At the festival, many young girls dressed up as their favorite shojo characters from anime.

Synonyms

loli
vsshojo
  • Offensive
9.9

An anime or manga girl character who looks like a child

is about actual young or adolescent females rather than appearance alone

Surface Forms

shojo singular
shojos plural

Etymology

Shojo simply means 'young girl' in Japanese, coming from the characters 少 ('little') and 女 ('girl'). So a shojo is a girl or adolescent, which is why the word appears a lot in stories and art about youth.