Bishoujo, bishōjo, bishou
Simply a Japanese word for a "pretty girl", "beautiful girl", also refers to young, pretty girls, usually below university age. Oddly Bishōjo is not listed as a word in the authoritative Japanese dictionary Kōjien. A variant named biyōjo 美幼女 refers to a girl before the age of adolescence.
bishōjo game 美少女ゲーム bishōjo gēmu
"pretty girl game", gal game ギャルゲーム gyaru gēmu, often shortened to "galge", a uniquely Japanese phenomenon. Subgenres of bishōjo games are ren'ai games (often called "dating sims") and eroges or eroge (often called "hentai games").
Bishoujo Anime,
Covers anime of different genres, varying from Shōjoo or shojo, such as Sailor Moon to erotic anime such as MeiKing.
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