Illustration: Outside a neighborhood sports center in Japan, a young man in his early twenties crouches to return a basketball to a school-age child. He has an adult build but a youthful face, tousled hair, and the relaxed clothes of someone arriving for practice.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

青せい年ねん

seinen

young man, youth

Example sentences

その青年せいねんは急きゅうに笑わらい出だした。
The young man burst into laughter.
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その青年せいねんは向むかいの家いえから出でてきた。
The young man came out of the house opposite.
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彼かれは有望ゆうぼうな青年せいねんです。
He is a promising youth.
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Kanji in 青年

青blue; greenOnセイ・ショウKunあお・あお-・あおい
年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし

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