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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

思し春しゅん期き

shishunki

puberty, adolescence

Example sentences

  1. 自分じぶんの思春期ししゅんきを振ふり返かえると、いつも憂ゆううつな気分きぶんになる。

    I cannot look back on my adolescence without feeling depressed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 女子じょしは10〜11歳前後さいぜんご、男子だんしは11〜12歳前後さいぜんごで思春期ししゅんきを迎むかえる。

    Girls begin puberty around the ages of ten to eleven, and boys around the ages of eleven to twelve.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 弟おとうとは思春期ししゅんきで、最近さいきんあまり話はなしをしない。

    My younger brother is going through adolescence and hasn’t been talking much lately.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 思春期

  • 思thinkOnシKunおもう・おもえらく・おぼす
  • 春springtime; spring (season)OnシュンKunはる
  • 期period; timeOnキ・ゴ

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