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Word: Shojo
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1980s: from Japanese shōjo ‘young woman, girl’. Compare with shonen
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈʃəʊdʒəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a genre of Japanese comics and animated films aimed primarily at a young female audience, typically characterized by a focus on personal and romantic relationships
Short Definition:genre of Japanese comics and animated films
Examples:- the world of shojo manga is the natural habitat for love stories of all possibilities and combinations
Variant Forms:
- shoujo
