. "Bish\u014Djo (\u7F8E\u5C11\u5973, literally \"beautiful youth (girl)\", also spelled bishoujo) is a Japanese term used to refer to young and pretty girls, usually below university age. Bish\u014Djo is not listed as a word in the prominent Japanese dictionary K\u014Djien. A variant named biy\u014Djo (\u7F8E\u5E7C\u5973) refers to a girl before the age of adolescence."@en . . .