孺じゅ子し

noun

child; young lad

Formal or literary term for a child or young boy; rarely used in modern everyday speech.

• 古ふるい漢かん文ぶんでは「孺じゅ子し」は幼おさない子こどもを指さす。

  In old Chinese texts, 孺子 refers to a young child.

noun

stripling; greenhorn; inexperienced person

Literary, somewhat derogatory term for a callow youth or inexperienced person; not used in modern conversation.

• 「豎じゅ子し」は青あお二に才さいを意い味みする古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  豎子 is an old word meaning a greenhorn or stripling.