"少女" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ːʑo̞] Forms: 少女 [canonical] (ruby: (しょう), (じょ)), shōjo [romanization], seudyo [romanization], せうぢよ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 少女 (MC syewX|syewH nrjoX|nrjoH). Compare modern Mandarin 少女 (shàonǚ). Etymology templates: {{lang|ja|少女}} 少女, {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=しょうじょ}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|少女}} 少女 (MC syewX|syewH nrjoX|nrjoH), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|少女}} 少女 (shàonǚ) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうじょ|hhira=せうぢよ}} 少(しょう)女(じょ) • (shōjo) ^(←せうぢよ (seudyo)?)
  1. a (young, little) girl
    Sense id: en-少女-ja-noun-SLMEr0c3
  2. (anime, manga) a style of anime and manga made for young women, shojo Categories (topical): Japanese fiction
    Sense id: en-少女-ja-noun-qdlK8Jfa Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese words with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 53 1 1 7 19 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 41 2 2 7 25 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 41 2 2 7 25 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 4 47 6 4 10 16 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 1 40 2 1 7 24 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 40 2 1 6 25 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese words with multiple readings: 4 47 6 4 10 16 14 Topics: anime, broadcasting, comics, film, literature, manga, media, publishing, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 少女歌劇 (shōjo kageki) (ruby: 少女歌劇(しょうじょかげき)) (english: a kind of traditional Japanese light drama with no male actors and mostly young girls playing the parts), 少女趣味 (shōjo shumi) (ruby: 少女趣味(しょうじょしゅみ)) (english: hobbies or interest common to young girls), 少女時代: girlhood (shōjo jidai), one's girlhood Related terms: 子供 (kodomo) (ruby: 子供(こども)) (english: child), 処女 (shojo) (ruby: 処女(しょじょ)) (english: a female virgin, a maiden), 女性: the feminine gender (josei), female, woman, 少年 (shōnen) (ruby: 少年(しょうねん)) (english: young boy), 青年 (seinen) (ruby: 青年(せいねん)) (english: young man), 男性: the masculine gender (dansei), male, man
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [o̞to̞me̞] Forms: 少女 [canonical] (ruby: (おと), ()), otome [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 乙 (oto, “young, little”) + 女 (me, “female, girl”). Compare 男 (otoko, “man”), originally meaning "young boy". Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=おとめ}} Old Japanese, {{compound|ja|乙|女|sort=おとめ|t1=young, little|t2=female, girl|tr1=oto|tr2=me}} 乙 (oto, “young, little”) + 女 (me, “female, girl”), {{m|ja|男||man|tr=otoko}} 男 (otoko, “man”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おとめ}} 少(おと)女(め) • (otome)
  1. a young woman, adult but unmarried: a maiden
    Sense id: en-少女-ja-noun-IYF7oXFL
  2. a girl
    Sense id: en-少女-ja-noun-76hsWKE5
  3. a female virgin Categories (topical): Female children
    Sense id: en-少女-ja-noun-GQpqOfca Disambiguation of Female children: 4 14 10 8 41 2 21
  4. (mythology) a celestial maiden, a fairy, a nymph Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-少女-ja-noun-Ce4eOIjJ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  5. (Shinto) a young woman dancer performing at the 五節 (Gosechi) ceremony in the eleventh lunar month Categories (topical): Shinto
    Sense id: en-少女-ja-noun-YghABBP~ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Topics: Shinto, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: (otoko) (ruby: (おとこ)) (english: a man)
Etymology number: 2 Derived forms: 少女さび (otomesabi) (ruby: 少女(おとめ)) (english: behavior appropriate to an adult unmarried woman), 少女の頭: alternate term for 萱藻海苔 (otome no kashira), カヤモノリ (kayamonori), a type of sea vegetable in order Ectocarpales (alt: syn. Scytosiphonales), of class Phaeophyceae (english: brown alga), used to make nori, 少女子: an unmarried young woman (otomeko), a girl, young woman who dances kagura at a shrine, a miko, 少女心: a girl's innocence (otomegokoro), a girl's sensitive nature, 少女文楽 (otome bunraku) (ruby: 少女文楽(おとめぶんらく)) (english: a kind of one-person puppet show performed by girls or young women), 少女巫 (otome miko) (ruby: 少女巫(おとめみこ)) (english: a female miko)

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      "ipa": "[o̞to̞me̞]"
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    "ja:松村明"
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