shōjo

shōjo (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of shojo (“a style of anime and manga intended for young women”).
   • 2007, Robin E. Brenner, “Western Influence”, in Understanding Manga and Anime, Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, →ISBN, chapter 1 (Short History of Manga and Anime), page 8:

     Perhaps more than other manga artists, the first female shōjo creators embraced the idea of manga as escape as they spun tales of a fairy-tale European past vivid with details.

   • 2010, Jennifer Prough, “Shōjo Manga in Japan and Abroad”, in Toni Johnson-Woods, editor, Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives, New York, N.Y.; London: Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, “Manga and Genres” section, page 100:

     Not only is shōjo manga a fundamentally gendered genre, but there is a gendered division of labor in its production — that is, roughly 75 percent of shōjo manga editors are men, while 99 percent of the artists are women (mostly in their teens to late twenties).

   • 2019, Alisa Freedman, “Romance of the Taishō Schoolgirl in Shōjo Manga: Here Comes Miss Modern”, in Jaqueline Berndt, Kazumi Nagaike, Fusami Ogi, editors, Shōjo Across Media: Exploring “Girl” Practices in Contemporary Japan (East Asian Popular Culture), Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, part I (Shōjo Manga), page 32:

     Stylistic developments made shōjo manga instantly recognizable: notably, characters with exaggerated feminine and childlike features, such as iconic large eyes to show emotion, encourage empathy, and indicate the main character, and flower symbolism.

shōjo

1. Rōmaji transcription of しょうじょ

• shojo, shoujo

Borrowed from Japanese 少女 (shōjo, “a young woman”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɔ.d͡ʑɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔd͡ʑɔ
• Syllabification: shō‧jo

shōjo n (indeclinable)

1. shojo

   Coordinate term: shōnen

   • 2009 August 3, Zuzanna Kochańska, “9 najgłupszych zasad świata mang shōjo”, in Motyw Drogi‎^[1]:

     Świat japońskich komiksów dla dziewcząt (bo właśnie to oznacza tajemnicze słowo „shōjo”), to moja mekka, zmora i uzależnienie.

     The world of Japanese comics for girls (because that's what the mysterious word "shōjo" means), is my Mecca, bane, and addiction.

   • 2016 July 10, Rudra, “Sagitta-senpai – Mały słownik dla początkujących cz.1”, in Klub Miłośników Fantastyki SAGITTA‎^[2], archived from the original on 6 February 2022:

     Shōjo - Anime lub manga kierowana głównie do młodych dziewcząt. Fabuła często skupia się na miłości głównej bohaterki, zazwyczaj nastolatki, która musi się zmagać z nieodwzajemnionymi uczuciami, zawirowaniami życiowymi związane z dorastaniem, niezadowoleniem ze strony rodziców, czy też wyrzeczeniami dla tej jedynej miłości.

     Shōjo - An anime or manga aimed primarily at young girls. The plot often focuses on the love of the main character, usually a teenage girl, who has to deal with unrequited feelings, the turmoil of growing up, dissatisfaction from her parents, and sacrifices for this one and only love.

   • 2020 July 26, “Co to jest Shounen Manga? Znaczenie, definicja”, in NCGO‎^[3]:

     Jako Shōjo lub shoujo manga jest skierowana do nastoletniej żeńskiej demografii, istnieje również kategoria, która jest dla nastolatków-mężczyzn ukierunkowanych demograficznie, a ta manga jest nazywana Shōnen lub shounen.

     As Shōjo or shoujo manga is aimed at the teenage female demographic, there is also a category that is aimed for teenage males, and this manga is called Shōnen or shounen.

• shōjo in Polish dictionaries at PWN