美び少しょう女じょ

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Meanings

beautiful girl

Refers to a young, attractive female, often used in anime, manga, and light novels. Can also describe real people, but carries a slightly stylized or idealizing tone.

彼かの女じょはまるでアニメから出でてきたような美び少しょう女じょだ。
She is a beautiful girl who looks like she stepped out of an anime.
このゲームの主しゅ人じん公こうは美び少しょう女じょキャラクターばかりだ。
The main characters in this game are all beautiful girl characters.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が美び少しょう女じょに育そだつfor someone to grow up into a beautiful girl
あの子こはきれいな美び少しょう女じょに育そだった。
That girl grew up into a beautiful young woman.
美び少しょう女じょとして描かかれるto be depicted/drawn as a beautiful girl (in anime, manga, etc.)
主しゅ人じん公こうは美び少しょう女じょとして描かかれている。
The protagonist is depicted as a beautiful girl.

Kanji

美beauty, beautiful
少few, little
女woman, female

Related words

美び女じょN3
美女 describes a beautiful woman of any age, while 美少女 specifically emphasizes youth and a cute, idealized kind of beauty.
美び人じんN3
美人 is a general, everyday word for a beautiful woman, whereas 美少女 is narrower, referring only to young girls and often used in anime/manga contexts.

Opposites

美び少しょう年ねん
美少年 is the male counterpart of 美少女, referring to a beautiful young boy rather than a beautiful young girl.

Don't confuse with

美び少しょう年ねん
美少年 and 美少女 look and sound similar but 美少年 means a beautiful boy while 美少女 means a beautiful girl.

Counted with

人にん
美少女 is counted with 人 (or the more polite 名), as it refers to a person.

Built from

美び+少しょう女じょ

Etymology

Compound of 美 (beautiful) + 少女 (young girl). The term became widely popular through anime and manga culture.