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少女 (しょうじょ) — young girl | JLPT N3 · Nihongo Circle

少女

しょうじょ

noun

Meanings

1young girl
2girl (usu. between 7 and 17)
3young lady

Example sentence

少女は生地の切れ端で人形を作った。

The girl made a doll out of a piece of cloth.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

少Few, Little4 strokes 女Woman, Female3 strokes

More words with 少

少年しょうねん · boysN3 減少げんしょう · decreaseN3 多少たしょう · a little (same as 少し (すこし))N3 少しすこし · littleN5 少ないすくない ·

Full entry on Jisho

a little

N5

少々しょうしょう · a littleN3

少しもすこしも · anything ofN3

少しょう · small

More words with 女

～女～じょ · count for sistersN2 女の人おんなのひと · womanN2 王女おうじょ · princessN2 長女ちょうじょ · eldest daughterN2 女王じょおう · queenN3 女優じょゆう · actressN3 女子じょし · womanN3 女～じょ～ · things done by womenN2

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