しょうじょ

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Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Noun

しょうじょ (shōjo

  1. 少女: a girl, a young woman; a young lady
  2. 小女: a young girl; a humble term for one's own daughter
  3. 商女: a businesswoman; an entertainer, such as a geisha; a prostitute
  4. 娼女, 倡女: a female entertainer, such as a geisha; a prostitute
  5. 昇叙, 陞叙: a promotion to high rank at court
  6. 消除, 銷除: a deletion or removal; to delete or erase something
  7. 省除: an omission; to omit something
  8. 生所: a place of birth; (Buddhism) rebirth, reincarnation
  9. 庠序: (rare) a school

Pronunciation 2

Noun

しょうじょ (shōjo

  1. 小序: a short preface or introduction to a written work, particularly for an anthology of poems

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN