幼

Meaning

幼 centers on the early stage of life: infancy and childhood, when a person is still small and developing.

• 幼稚園ようちえん
  N3

  kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool

• 幼いおさない
  N3

  very young; little

• 幼児ようじ
  N3

  young child; toddler

• 幼女ようじょ

  little girl

• 幼少ようしょう

  infancy; childhood; tender age

• 幼なじみおさななじみ
  N2

  childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

• 幼いと

  young child (esp. a young girl)

• 幼よう

  infancy; childhood; infant; child

• 幼虫ようちゅう

  larva; grub; maggot

• 幼稚ようち
  N2

  infancy

• 乳幼児にゅうようじ
  N1

  babies and preschool children

• 幼年ようねん

  childhood; infancy

• 幼子おさなご

  infant; baby; little child

• 幼生ようせい

  larva; larvae

• 幼魚ようぎょ

  fry (young fish)

• 幼体ようたい

  immature form (of an organism); young animal

• 幼名ようめい

  childhood name

• 幼鳥ようちょう

  young bird; juvenile; chick

• 幼時ようじ

  childhood; infancy

• 幼少期ようしょうき

  (early) childhood

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