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shounen

shounen 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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Words formed from shounen

Questions about shounen

What is shounen the alternative form of?
Shounen is the alternative form of shonen.

Words near shounen in the dictionary

  1. shouldve
  2. Shoults
  3. Shoultz
  4. Shoultzes
  5. Shoun
  6. shounen
  7. shounen ai
  8. Shouns
  9. Shoup
  10. Shoupe
  11. Shoupes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shounen (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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