Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring young, usually prepubescent boys.

  2. (countable, usually)A fictional young boy character, especially one featured in such material. Typically drawn with exaggerated or stylised cute features.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The future of anime is shota.

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  2. Shota said that he was shy about seeing her.

Forms

plural: shotas
Singularshota
Pluralshotas

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedlolisho

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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