N3569/1669

しょうじょ

rarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)archaic

Reading

Meanings

  • girl (usu. between 7 and 17), young lady
  • female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

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Example sentences

少女しょうじょまどそとていた。

The girl was looking out the window.

その少女しょうじょあかいドレスをていた。

That young girl was wearing a red dress.

彼女かのじょ少女しょうじょのころからくのがきだった。

She had loved drawing pictures since she was a young girl.

この小説しょうせつ主人公しゅじんこう勇敢ゆうかん少女しょうじょだ。

The main character of this novel is a brave young girl.

迷子まいごになった少女しょうじょ警察官けいさつかん保護ほごした。

A police officer took care of the young girl who had gotten lost.