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It does not mean girl/a girl, it's the female pronoun. It doesn't make sense to say "XXX is a kanojo" if you're trying to say "XXX is a girl", unlike "XXX is a joshi" or "XXX is an onna." Kareshi is different in that it's practically only used to mean boyfriend. Kare is the male equivalent of...

”kanojo” as a noun is girlfriend and not girl. I think you are thinking about kanojo as the pronoun she/her, but there’s not really a way to obfuscate between the noun and pronoun. I think what you’re saying isn’t really the opposite though? The thing is that in the original Japanese, they...

It's a lost in translation thing, mentioned in zorogou's post: https://forums.mangadex.org/threads/kanojo-ni-shitai-joshi-ichii-no-tonari-de-mitsuketa-amari-chan-ch-4-1.2243160/post-25981032. When they say "girlfriend" in the original Japanese script, they say "gaaru frendo" (which means more...

This is partially a lack of nuance in translation. When the sister says "girlfriend" in the original Japanese script, she literally says "girlfriend" in English with a Japanese accent (gaaru furendo) and not "girlfriend" in Japanese (kanojo). So by "girlfriend" she likely means someone of...