Illustration: In a Japanese apartment, a parent sits beside a low baby cot and cradles a very young baby across one forearm, carefully supporting the head and neck. The baby drinks from a bottle, with one tiny hand curled around the parent's finger and both socked feet tucked close together.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

乳にゅう児じ

nyuuji

infant under one year old

Example sentences

  1. 乳児にゅうじの病気びょうきの原因げんいんは母親ははおやにあるとして、付つき添そいの母親ははおやを必要以上ひつよういじょうに診察しんさつした逸話いつわがある。

    The anecdote said that he, beyond necessity, examined mothers who were attending children, since he believed the cause of children’s illness lay in mothers.

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

  2. 当然とうぜんのことながら、生後せいご2か月げつの乳児にゅうじにキャラメルを支給しきゅうしても無意味むいみである。

    Naturally, giving caramels to a two-month-old infant is pointless.

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

  3. 母親ははおやは乳児にゅうじを抱だいて電車でんしゃに乗のった。

    The mother boarded the train carrying her infant.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 乳児

  • 乳milk; breastsOnニュウKunちち・ち
  • 児newborn babe; childOnジ・ニ・ゲイKunこ

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