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"
Kanji used
few
woman
Pitch accent
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うじょ
Top 1400
Composed of
small; little; few
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
Examples (164 in total)
The girl walked slowly.
The girl trembled with fear.
The girl looked around.
She was a girl with golden hair.
The young girl laughed carelessly.
The little girl danced, with her eyes shining.
The young girl hugged Tom.
He took a glance at the girl.
A girl is playing the flute.
The girls danced to music.
The girl did not say anything.
I know the girl.
The little girl just kept crying.
There are a lot of girls in the room.
The girl has no mother.
Do you know either of the two girls?
The girl sat beside me.
That girl's eyes are blue.
Every boy and every girl was delighted.
She is an angel of a girl.
They searched for the girl.
The girl was pleased when she got a present.
The girl tore the cloth.
The girl tried hard to hold back her tears.
Girls came in one after another.
The witch cursed the poor little girl.
Many boys and girls were present.
The girl was gazing at the doll.
He shook hands with the girl.
She is, indeed, a lovely girl.
The girl greeted me with a smile.
The girl walking with Ken is May.
The girl standing there is Mary.
Look at the girl whose hair is long.
The little girl was absorbed in reading a fairy tale.
He stole a glance at the girl.
The girl is checking out the rear of the bicycle.
The girl talking with Jim is Mary.
The girl staring back at me was angry.
A girl was making a speech in the park.
Kumi is the girl who likes dogs.
This little girl lives in Brazil.
Once upon a time, there lived a pretty girl.
The girl is afraid of dogs.
The girl lacked musical ability.
The doctor dosed the girl with antibiotics.
The girl was busy making tea for her friend.
"Who is that girl?" "That's Keiko."
The poor girl was on the point of death.
The girl reading a book is Kate.
The girl wanted to tell him the truth, but she couldn't.
That is the girl whom I know well.
The girl running over there is my sister.
Who is the girl standing at the door?
The girl kissed her father on the cheek.
Who is the girl in this picture?
That pretty girl is my sister.
The dog saved the girl's life.
The girl singing over there is my sister.
The girl who lives next door is very pretty.
Who is the girl singing on the stage?
I met again the girl who I had met in the park the other day.
I chanced on a beautiful girl.
I know the girl who is making cakes.
That man grabbed the young girl's wrist.
The girl went to school in spite of her illness.
The girl screamed when she saw the flames.
Several girls are standing beside the gate.
The girls came dancing arm in arm.
The girl treated her horse kindly.
The girl playing the piano is my sister.
The police arrested the man who had murdered the girl.
I saw a little girl sitting by the road, crying.
Both the boy and the girl are clever.
Her mother's death was a blow to the little girl.
The girl always carries her doll about.
The little girl burst into tears.
All the characters of this comic are girls.
The girl was laughed at by all her classmates.
The girl was afraid of her own shadow.
He praised the girl for her honesty.
The girls will not play tennis tomorrow.
I know both of the girls.
The girl stood up to her knees in the water.
The girl grew up to be a pianist.
The girl with blue eyes is Jane.
The young man saved the girl from drowning.
I can't help feeling sorry for the girl.
As far as I know, she is a kind girl.
He fell in love with the girl at first sight.
The girl who wrote this composition is Nancy.
The heroine of this story is a little girl.
She's by far the tallest girl.
I learned to tap dance when I was a young girl.
Two little girls are picking daisies.
The girls chased after their teen-age idol.
The girl turned her back to the man.
The boy sat among the girls.
One of the girls was left behind.
Do you know where the girl lives?
I want to see that girl again some day.
The girls present received a shock.
I saw a girl whose hair came down to her waist.
The girl wearing a white dress is my sister.
The girl listened to music, the boy was reading a book.
All the girls in my class are kind.
The girls shed tears after reading the novel.
The little girl played an angel in the Christmas play.
She taught rich Indian girls.
A girl approached the king from among the crowd.
The girls wanted to pick beautiful flowers in spring.
The girl, like her parents, was very sympathetic.
The girl, closing her eyes, listened to the pastor.
The girl had to abandon the idea of becoming a singer.
He bent over the girl and kissed her.
The girl had a long scarf around her neck.
The girl still believes in Santa Claus.
That girl whose hair is long is Judy.
The girl lent her friend her new typewriter.
The little girl stuck out her tongue at him.
The girl had flowing hair.
The poor girl made a living by selling flowers.
I wanted to meet and talk with the girl at the window.
Those boys are not good at speaking to these girls.
The girl said that she had never heard of such a person.
Having met the girl before, I recognized her at once.
Suddenly, the door opened and her father entered.
He met the girl on his way home yesterday.
The girl in a white uniform took my temperature.
I know those tall girls quite well.
I couldn't but sympathize with the girl who had lost her parents in the accident.
The young man saved the girl from a bunch of hoodlums.
He rescued the little girl at the cost of his life.
The girls were all excited at the thought of meeting the actor.
These three pretty girls are all nieces of mine.
He prayed to God to help the poor girl.
She was such a hardworking girl that she made much progress in French.
My friend saved the girl at the risk of his own life.
The shy girl kept her idea to herself.
That man is on trial for the murder of a little girl.
The girl who gave me beautiful flowers was your sister.
These girls, who're my pupils, have come to see me.
The girl talked to her parents about her college life in Tokyo.
The boy caressed the girl's chin and kissed her cheek.
A policeman asked the girls if the car was theirs.
That girl is under the delusion that she is a princess.
The girl was kind enough to show me the way to the museum.
I will employ the girl, because she can speak French.
The girl in the picture is wearing a crown not of gold but of flowers.
Because her parents got divorced, the girl had little contact with her father.
The girl had no one to turn to for advice.
The girl brought me a red and a white rose.
The police asked the girl to make a rough sketch of her lost dog.
The little girl, deeply moved by the old man's pitiful story, burst into tears.
The girl is small for her age.
He grouped the girls in three rows.
The boy gave a rose to the girl.
Jane is as beautiful a girl as her sister.
A girl drowned in the pond yesterday.
The little girl was carried back home in her father's arms.
I saw the girl swimming in the river.
The group was made up of six girls and four guys.
The girl kindly told me the way to the museum.
I was only a seven-year-old girl at that time.