しょうじょ

Noun

 * 1)  a girl, a young woman; a young lady
 * 2)  a young girl; a humble term for one's own daughter
 * 3)  a businesswoman; an entertainer, such as a geisha; a prostitute
 * 4)  a female entertainer, such as a geisha; a prostitute
 * 5)  a promotion to high rank at court
 * 6)  a deletion or removal; to delete or erase something
 * 7)  an omission; to omit something
 * 8)  a place of birth;  rebirth, reincarnation
 * 9)   a school

Noun

 * 1)  a short preface or introduction to a written work, particularly for an anthology of poems