"shonen" meaning in English

See shonen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-shonen.wav Forms: more shonen [comparative], most shonen [superlative]
Etymology: From the Japanese 少年 (shōnen, “few years”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|少年||few years|tr=shōnen}} Japanese 少年 (shōnen, “few years”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} shonen (comparative more shonen, superlative most shonen)
  1. (anime, manga) Being in the style of shonen comics or animation. Categories (topical): Japanese fiction Coordinate_terms: shojo (english: female audience)
    Sense id: en-shonen-en-adj-ub9XwqvK Topics: anime, broadcasting, comics, film, literature, manga, media, publishing, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shōnen, shounen

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-shonen.wav
Etymology: From the Japanese 少年 (shōnen, “few years”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|少年||few years|tr=shōnen}} Japanese 少年 (shōnen, “few years”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shonen (uncountable)
  1. (anime, manga) A style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Japanese fiction, Fiction, Manga genres Coordinate_terms: shōjo (english: young female audience), seinen (english: adult male audience), josei (english: adult female audience)
    Sense id: en-shonen-en-noun-pmIstfev Disambiguation of Fiction: 36 64 Disambiguation of Manga genres: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Topics: anime, broadcasting, comics, film, literature, manga, media, publishing, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shōnen, shounen

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