magical girl
In Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon…In Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon to fight evil.
» Enter in a contractual agreement with me and become a young magical girl!
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1 sensesIn Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon to fight evil.
Examples
2 sentencesEnter in a contractual agreement with me and become a young magical girl!
In her right hand was gripped a suspicious looking rod that practically radiated "I'm a magical girl item".
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Calque of Japanese 魔法少女 (まほうしょうじょ, mahō shōjo).Calque of Japanese 魔法少女 (まほうしょうじょ, mahō shōjo).
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Forms
plural: magical girls| Singular | magical girl |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.