Illustration: In a Japanese neighborhood park, a young boy with short hair crouches beside a shallow puddle, holding his father’s hand while floating a fallen leaf. His oversized rain boots and small, round-cheeked face make his age immediately clear.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

男だん児じ

danji

boy, son

Example sentences

  1. しかしこのとき満天姫まんてんひめは正之まさゆきの子こを身みごもっており、程ほどなく男児だんじを出産しゅっさんする。

    However, Matehime was pregnant by Masayuki at this time and soon gave birth to a baby boy.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. もう一ひとつが手てまりで、女児じょじの遊あそびであるが、江戸時代えどじだいには男児だんじも一緒いっしょに楽たのしむことがあった。

    The other is the temari ball, which was generally considered a girls' plaything; however, during the Edo period, boys used to play with them along side the girls.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. しかし、天皇家てんのうかに嫁とつがせた娘むすめからはついに天皇てんのうとなる男児だんじは生うまれなかった。

    However, his daughter, who was married into the emperor’s family, failed to give birth to a boy who would have become an emperor.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 男児

  • 男man; maleOnダン・ナンKunおとこ・お
  • 児newborn babe; childOnジ・ニ・ゲイKunこ

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