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JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

最さい年ねん少しょう

sainenshou

youngest

Example sentences

  1. 3人にんのうちで最年少さいねんしょうの少年しょうねんが一番魅力的いちばんみりょくてきだ。

    Of the three boys, the youngest is the most attractive.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 通常つうじょう、最年少さいねんしょうの見習みならいがこれに当あてられる。

    This position is usually assigned to the youngest trainee in a group.

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

  3. セレーナ・ゴメスは2009年ねんに、米国べいこくで最年少さいねんしょうの国連児童基金大使こくれんじどうききんたいしに選えらばれた。

    In 2009, Selena Gomez became the youngest person to be named a United Nations Children’s Fund Ambassador in the United States.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 最年少

  • 最utmost; mostOnサイ・シュKunもっとも・つま
  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
  • 少few; littleOnショウKunすくない・すこし

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