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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

未み成せい年ねん

miseinen

minor, underage person

Example sentences

  1. トムはまだ未成年みせいねんだ。

    Tom is still underage.

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  2. 未成年みせいねん者しゃはお断ことわりします。

    Minors aren’t allowed to enter.

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  3. 君きみは未成年みせいねんだから入いれません。

    Because you’re a minor, you can’t enter.

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Kanji in 未成年

  • 未un-; not yetOnミ・ビKunいまだ・まだ・ひつじ
  • 成turn into; becomeOnセイ・ジョウKunなる・なす
  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし

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