Word Meaning 少女

しょうじょ shoujo

少女 is read as しょうじょ (shoujo) and means female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period).

Meaning

English

  1. female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
  2. girl (usu. between 7 and 17)
  3. young lady

Reading

Kana

しょうじょ

Romaji

shoujo

Writing Variants

  • 小女 しょうじょ shoujo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 7 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 少年,小男,大女 Rank 3411 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

少年少女

しょうねんしょうじょ

boys and girls

家出少女

いえでしょうじょ

runaway girl

文学少女

ぶんがくしょうじょ

literary girl

さぶる少女

さぶるおとめ

prostitute and entertainer

マッチ売りの少女

まっちうりのしょうじょ

The Little Match Girl (1845 short story by Hans Christian Andersen)

天つ少女

あまつおとめ

celestial maiden

少女趣味

しょうじょしゅみ

(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.)

少女小説

しょうじょしょうせつ

novel for young girls

少女愛

しょうじょあい

nymphophilia

魔法少女

まほうしょうじょ

magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.)

非行少女

ひこうしょうじょ

female juvenile delinquent

Example Sentences

10

Ann is a little girl.

That girl's eyes are blue.

Who's that girl?

The girl trembled with fear.

A girl appeared before me.

He is infatuated with girls who have cat ears.

That girl behaved like a spoiled child towards her mother.

The young girl hugged Tom.

The girl sat beside me.

The girl walked slowly.