Illustration: At a Japanese childcare center, a caregiver sits on a padded floor holding a small baby securely against her chest. Beside her, a toddler in soft trousers takes an unsteady step toward a cloth ball, while a preschool-aged child kneels to roll it gently back.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

乳にゅう幼よう児じ

nyuuyouji

infants and preschool children

Example sentences

  1. この姿すがたから、かつて日本各地にっぽんかくちで乳幼児にゅうようじに着用ちゃくようさせた菱形ひしがたの腹掛はらがけもまた「金太郎きんたろう」と呼よぶ。

    Based on this figure, rhombic bibs used for babies and toddlers all over Japan were also called 'Kintaro.'

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

  2. この時代じだいは乳幼児にゅうようじの死亡率しぼうりつが極きわめて高たかかったため、子供こどもが生うまれたとしても即座そくざに公儀こうぎへ届とどけ出でる必要ひつようは必かならずしもなかった。

    In this time period, the death rate of infants was considerably high; therefore, when a child was born, it was not required to report the birth immediately to the authorities.

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

  3. また従来じゅうらいは生活廃水せいかつはいすいも流入りゅうにゅうするような川かわの水みずをそのまま飲のんでいたために乳幼児にゅうようじが感染症かんせんしょうに掛かかり死亡しぼうする危険性きけんせいがあったところを、湯冷ゆざましを与あたえられるようになって病気びょうきの発生はっせいを予防よぼうできるようになったという。

    In addition, infants had been at risk of getting sick and dying due to drinking unboiled river water, containing household waste products, but now people were able to prevent diseases because they were able to give children water that had been boiled and then cooled.

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

Kanji in 乳幼児

  • 乳milk; breastsOnニュウKunちち・ち
  • 幼infancy; childhoodOnヨウKunおさない
  • 児newborn babe; childOnジ・ニ・ゲイKunこ

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