"shota" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-shota.wav Forms: shotas [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese ショタ (shota) or a clipping of shotacon. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|ショタ|tr=shota}} Japanese ショタ (shota), {{clipping|en|shotacon|nocap=1}} clipping of shotacon Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} shota (usually uncountable, plural shotas)
  1. (uncountable, anime) Hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring young, usually prepubescent boys. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Japanese fiction
    Sense id: en-shota-en-noun-H2WKdJtS Topics: anime, broadcasting, film, media, television
  2. (countable, anime) A fictional young boy character, especially one featured in such material. Typically drawn with exaggerated or stylised cute features. Tags: countable, usually Categories (topical): Japanese fiction, Pedophilia
    Sense id: en-shota-en-noun-70~40GD4 Disambiguation of Pedophilia: 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 87 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 92 1 1 Topics: anime, broadcasting, film, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: loli

Inflected forms

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