Illustration: An adult kneels beside an open family storage box, holding a childhood photograph close to a battered toy excavator just retrieved from it. The photograph clearly shows the same person as a small child, recognizable by a distinctive cheek mole, sitting in a sandbox with that very toy.

JLPT N4expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

小ちいさい頃ころ

chiisai koro

when one was a child

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは小ちいさいころチョコレートが好すきだった。

    I used to like chocolate when I was small.

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  2. 彼かれとは小ちいさい頃ころからの友達ともだちなのよ。

    He and I have been friends since childhood.

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  3. 小ちいさい頃ころ、腕うでを折おったことがあります。

    I broke my arm when I was a child.

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Kanji in 小頃

  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-
  • 頃time; aboutOnケイ・キョウKunころ・ごろ・しばらく

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