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shōnen

shōnen is the alternative form of shonen.

Meaning of shonen

Noun

shonen (uncountable)

  1. A style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience.

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Forms of shōnen

comparativemore shōnen
superlativemost shōnen

Questions about shōnen

What is shōnen the alternative form of?
Shōnen is the alternative form of shonen.

Words near shōnen in the dictionary

  1. shōgunal
  2. shōgunate
  3. shōgunates
  4. shōguns
  5. shōjo
  6. shōnen
  7. shōnen-ai
  8. Shōwa
  9. shōyu
  10. shūmai
  11. Shūnan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shōnen (page history and authors); shonen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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