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青少年せいしょうねんCommon wordN2Nounsyoung people; youth; the younger generation
美少年びしょうねんNounsbeautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
少年院しょうねんいんNounsjuvenile detention center; reformatory; youth correctional facility
不良少年ふりょうしょうねんNounsjuvenile delinquent; young offender
不良行為少年ふりょうこういしょうねんNounsjuvenile delinquent
家出少年いえでしょうねんNounsrunaway boy; youngster who has run away from home
少年事件しょうねんじけんNounsjuvenile case; incident involving a minor
少年会しょうねんかいNounsjunior society; youth association
少年兵しょうねんへいNounschild soldier
少年刑務所しょうねんけいむしょNounsjuvenile prison; juvenile correctional facility
少年労働しょうねんろうどうNounschild labor
少年審判所しょうねんしんぱんじょNounsjuvenile court
少年少女しょうねんしょうじょNounsboys and girls
少年愛しょうねんあいNounspederasty; boy love · shōnen-ai; boys' love (manga subgenre)
少年感化院しょうねんかんかいんNounsreform school; juvenile reformatory
少年文学しょうねんぶんがくNounschildren's literature; juvenile literature
少年期しょうねんきNounsboyhood; adolescence (male)
少年漫画しょうねんまんがNounsshōnen manga; boys' comics; manga for young male readers
少年犯罪しょうねんはんざいNounsjuvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
少年犯罪者しょうねんはんざいしゃNounsjuvenile offender; juvenile delinquent
少年裁判所しょうねんさいばんしょNounsjuvenile court
少年課しょうねんかNounsjuvenile division (police); juvenile section
少年鑑別所しょうねんかんべつしょNounsjuvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
少年飛行兵しょうねんひこうへいNounsboy air cadet; youth aviation soldier
特定少年とくていしょうねんNounsspecified juvenile; 18- and 19-year-old offender under the 2022 Juvenile Act
狼少年おおかみしょうねんNounsboy raised by wolves · boy who cried wolf
虞犯少年ぐはんしょうねんNounsjuvenile likely to commit a crime; pre-delinquent juvenile; status offender
触法少年しょくほうしょうねんNounsjuvenile offender under 14; minor who has committed a crime but is below the age of criminal responsibility
野球少年やきゅうしょうねんNounsbaseball-obsessed boy; boy who lives for baseball
非行少年ひこうしょうねんNounsjuvenile delinquent