少女

しょうじょ

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

JLPT N3 common word Also written 小女

Meaning

n
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady
n archaic
female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

Example sentences

優紀子は年端も行かない無邪気な少女です。

Yukiko is an innocent girl of tender years.
少女の鋭い感性に触れている。

I am touched by the girl's acute sensitivity.
「少女の部屋へ行く」というのは「トイレへ行く」ということの婉曲表現です。

"Going to the little girl's room" is an euphemistic expression for "going to the toilet."