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- Japanese · calque of魔法少女
- English todaymagical girl
Calque of Japanese 魔法少女 (まほうしょうじょ, mahō shōjo).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
magical girl
Today it means: In Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon to fight evil. Full definition →
Japanese 魔法少女