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shounen

Portuguese, noun/ʃo(w)ˈnẽj̃/

shounen is spelled S-H-O-U-N-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shounen is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shonen (anime and manga directed at a young male audience)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does shounen mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshonen (anime and manga directed at a young male audience)

adjective

  1. 1

    shonen

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How do you pronounce shounen?

  • Brazil /ʃo(w)ˈnẽj̃/
  • Brazil [ʃo(ʊ̯)ˈnẽɪ̯̃]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is shounen in Portuguese?

shounen appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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