Shojo

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Not to be confused with Shoujo.

Not to be confused with Shōjo.

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Shojo (処女, Shojo^?) is the Japanese word for a female virgin. The word is written with two kanji. The first, 処, means "to be [in a place]" and refers to the woman's residing at her family's place. The second, 女, means "woman" or "a female." Together, they describe a woman residing with the family into which she was born, and by extension, an unmarried woman.

The word is also a component of words meaning "first". In this, it is analogous to the English word "maiden." For example, shojosaku (処女作, shojosaku^?) (an author's first publication), shojokōkai (処女航海, shojokōkai^?) (maiden voyage). It also carries the implication of the English expression "untouched by human hands," as in shojoyuki (処女雪, shojoyuki^?) (virgin snow), shojochi (処女地, shojochi^?) (virgin territory), shojomine (処女峰, shojomine^?) (a virgin peak).