しょうじょ – Vocabulary details

しょうじょ

Meanings

Noun

1. little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

2. female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

when read as "しょうじょ"

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

しょ

うじょ

Used in: 4

Composed of

しょう

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

じょ

woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Used in vocabulary (12 in total)

まほうしょうじょ

magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch

びしょうじょ

beautiful girl

しょうねんしょうじょ

boys and girls

しょうじょしゅみ

(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)

ふりょうしょうじょ

bad girl; juvenile delinquent

いえでしょうじょ

runaway girl

しょうじょしょうせつ

story for young girls

スポーツしょうじょ

sporty girl; athletic girl

ひこうしょうじょ

female juvenile delinquent

じゅんなしょうじょ

virgin; maiden pure in heart

しょうじょあい

nymphophilia; sexual fixation on young girls; lolicon

おきなわべいへいしょうじょぼうこうじけん

1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa

Examples (162 in total)

しょうじょはゆっくりと歩あるいた。

The girl walked slowly.

しょうじょは恐きょう怖ふで震ふるえた。

The girl trembled with fear.

しょうじょはあたりを見み回まわした。

The girl looked around.