しょうじょ

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

• (Tokyo) しょ​ーじょ [shóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

しょうじょ • (shōjo) 

1. 少女: a girl, a young woman; a young lady
2. 小女: a young girl; a humble term for one's own daughter
3. 商女: a businesswoman; an entertainer, such as a geisha; a prostitute
4. 娼女, 倡女: a female entertainer, such as a geisha; a prostitute
5. 昇叙, 陞叙: a promotion to high rank at court
6. 消除, 銷除: a deletion or removal; to delete or erase something
7. 省除: an omission; to omit something
8. 生所: a place of birth; (Buddhism) rebirth, reincarnation
9. 庠序: (rare) a school

Pronunciation 2

• (Tokyo) しょ​ーじょ [shóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) しょーじょ [shòójó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

しょうじょ • (shōjo) 

1. 小序: a short preface or introduction to a written work, particularly for an anthology of poems