ショウジョ
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"
Pitch accent
ショ
ウジョ
Composed of
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)
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
beautiful girl
magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
bad girl; juvenile delinquent
story for young girls
sporty girl; athletic girl
female juvenile delinquent
virgin; maiden pure in heart
nymphophilia; sexual fixation on young girls; lolicon
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)
The girl walked slowly.
The girl trembled with fear.
The girl looked around.