Illustration: In the entrance of a Japanese family apartment, a toddler stands independently on the raised floor and tries to put on a pair of tiny outdoor shoes. One shoe is on the wrong foot, and the other is held upside down with complete determination.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

幼よう児じ

youji

young child, toddler

Example sentences

  1. トムは幼児ようじです。

    Tom is a little kid.

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  2. 彼かれは幼児ようじ虐待ぎゃくたいで罰ばっせられた。

    He was punished for child abuse.

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  3. 幼児ようじはしばしば、フィクションと現実げんじつとを混同こんどうする。

    Young children often mistake fiction for reality.

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Kanji in 幼児

  • 幼infancy; childhoodOnヨウKunおさない
  • 児newborn babe; childOnジ・ニ・ゲイKunこ

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