shojon.

Brit.

/ˈʃəʊdʒəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈʃoʊˌdʒoʊ/

Forms: 1900s– shojo, 1900s– shoujo.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese shōjo.

Etymology: < Japanese shōjo (in e.g. shōjo manga ; compare manga n.²), (as simplex) young woman, girl (702 as seujo in legal use ‘young woman aged 17 to 20’; 1603 as xôgio in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam; < Middle Chinese elements meaning ‘young’ and ‘female person’; compare Chinese shàonǚ young woman). Compare shonen n.

1. attributive. Of or designating a genre of Japanese comics and animated films aimed primarily at a young female audience and typically characterized by an intense focus on personal (esp. romantic) relationships. Contrasted with shonen n. Frequently in shojo manga (cf. manga n.²).

ΚΠ

1980 M. Horn World Encycl. Cartoons 493/1 Satonaka has..made a major contribution to the development and sophistication of her preferred genre: shojo manga, or comics for young girls.

1995 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Feb. g8 Most manga translated into English are for the shonen (boy) market, but there are also shojo (girl) comics—romantic tales, often with historical or supernatural twists.

1999 Denver Post (Nexis) 20 Dec. f1 Female-oriented epics like ‘Marmalade Boy’, ‘Oh My Goddess’, and ‘Sailor Moon’ that shoujo fans consider kawaii—almost nauseatingly adorable.

2004 P. Drazen Anime Explosion! (2007) ii. ix. 310 The world of shojo manga is the natural habitat for love stories of all possibilities and combinations—domestic and international, past and present, gay and straight, even mortal and divine.

2006 Mechademia 1 178 As this is a shȏjo anime (based on a series of novels by Konno Oyuki rather than a manga serial), the emphasis is on romance and emotion—but it is a romantic world without males.

2007 Neo Apr. 77/2 Fascinating and utterly gorgeous—one of the best shojo series we've read in a while.

2. The genre of shojo manga or (occasionally) anime (cf. anime n.³).

ΚΠ

1995 J. W. Treat in L. Skov & B. Moeran Women, Media, & Consumption in Japan viii. 288 The emotional tenure [sic] of the world of shōjo has come to typify some part of the experience of everyday life in Japan, and not just that of teenage girls.

2004 C. Hart Manga Mania Shoujo 7/1 Shoujo is perhaps the best-loved, most recognizable manga style in the world. Famous for the huge brilliant eyes of its characters, shoujo is one of the few comics categories that appeals as much to girls as it does to boys.

2007 Wired Nov. 229/3 The anime came to American TV in 1995, giving many U.S. girls their first taste of shojo.

2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 May (Late ed.) a21 Their divisions run purely along manga lines. Fans of shonen action manga challenge partisans of romantic shojo.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shojo
释义	shojon. Brit. /ˈʃəʊdʒəʊ/, U.S. /ˈʃoʊˌdʒoʊ/ Forms: 1900s– shojo, 1900s– shoujo. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese shōjo. Etymology: < Japanese shōjo (in e.g. shōjo manga ; compare manga n.²), (as simplex) young woman, girl (702 as seujo in legal use ‘young woman aged 17 to 20’; 1603 as xôgio in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam; < Middle Chinese elements meaning ‘young’ and ‘female person’; compare Chinese shàonǚ young woman). Compare shonen n. 1. attributive. Of or designating a genre of Japanese comics and animated films aimed primarily at a young female audience and typically characterized by an intense focus on personal (esp. romantic) relationships. Contrasted with shonen n. Frequently in shojo manga (cf. manga n.²). ΚΠ 1980 M. Horn World Encycl. Cartoons 493/1 Satonaka has..made a major contribution to the development and sophistication of her preferred genre: shojo manga, or comics for young girls. 1995 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Feb. g8 Most manga translated into English are for the shonen (boy) market, but there are also shojo (girl) comics—romantic tales, often with historical or supernatural twists. 1999 Denver Post (Nexis) 20 Dec. f1 Female-oriented epics like ‘Marmalade Boy’, ‘Oh My Goddess’, and ‘Sailor Moon’ that shoujo fans consider kawaii—almost nauseatingly adorable. 2004 P. Drazen Anime Explosion! (2007) ii. ix. 310 The world of shojo manga is the natural habitat for love stories of all possibilities and combinations—domestic and international, past and present, gay and straight, even mortal and divine. 2006 Mechademia 1 178 As this is a shȏjo anime (based on a series of novels by Konno Oyuki rather than a manga serial), the emphasis is on romance and emotion—but it is a romantic world without males. 2007 Neo Apr. 77/2 Fascinating and utterly gorgeous—one of the best shojo series we've read in a while. 2. The genre of shojo manga or (occasionally) anime (cf. anime n.³). ΚΠ 1995 J. W. Treat in L. Skov & B. Moeran Women, Media, & Consumption in Japan viii. 288 The emotional tenure [sic] of the world of shōjo has come to typify some part of the experience of everyday life in Japan, and not just that of teenage girls. 2004 C. Hart Manga Mania Shoujo 7/1 Shoujo is perhaps the best-loved, most recognizable manga style in the world. Famous for the huge brilliant eyes of its characters, shoujo is one of the few comics categories that appeals as much to girls as it does to boys. 2007 Wired Nov. 229/3 The anime came to American TV in 1995, giving many U.S. girls their first taste of shojo. 2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 May (Late ed.) a21 Their divisions run purely along manga lines. Fans of shonen action manga challenge partisans of romantic shojo. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1980
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