Bishoujo (literally, "beautiful girl") is the
Japanese term used to refer to pretty girls. Since bi- (derived from
bijin, beautiful person) refers to feminine beauty, gender is non-ambiguous in the term
bishoujo, unlike the male term,
bishounen.
Bishoujo are used in almost all genres of anime, ranging from shoujo to mecha.
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