Is 娘 (musume) a good way to address a girl? In the anime _Nichijou_ , the character Sakamoto () always uses to call (refer to) the girl robot character Shinonome Nano (). Is a good (or prefect) form of address to call or refer to a young girl in Japan in real life?

As a simple noun, does mean "(young) girl" as well as "daughter". Basically this usage is bookish, and it's not used outside established set phrases (e.g., ) in casual speech.

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But that is not to say it's okay to address someone using in real spoken Japanese. Only in fiction, someone who speaks in a pompous, dignified and/or old-fashioned manner (e.g., gods, prophets, landlords, samurai) may use to address a stranger girl.

Note that is always "son", never "boy".