小しょう児に

also: しょうじ

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Meanings

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Medical or formal term for a young child, often used in contexts like 小児科 (pediatrics). In everyday speech, 子供 is more common.

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Pediatrics is the medical department that treats children's illnesses.

この薬くすりは小しょう児にには使し用ようできません。

This medicine cannot be used for young children.

小しょう児に科かに通かようto regularly visit a pediatrician
息子むすこは喘ぜん息そくで小しょう児に科かに通かよっている。
My son regularly sees a pediatrician for his asthma.
小しょう児に用ようの〈物もの〉a ~ made or dosed for children
小しょう児に用ようの解げ熱ねつ剤ざいを処しょ方ほうしてもらった。
I was prescribed a fever reducer formulated for children.

子こ供どもN5
子供 is the common everyday word for a child, while 小児 is a formal or medical term used mainly in clinical or academic contexts.
幼よう児じN3
幼児 specifically means a toddler or infant before school age, whereas 小児 can cover a wider medical age range up to adolescence.

成せい人じんN3
成人 means an adult, forming the natural medical contrast to 小児 (a young child), as in 小児科 vs 成人科.

小こ人びと
小人 (こびと) means 'dwarf' or 'little person', which learners may confuse with 小児 (しょうに, 'young child') due to the similar 小-kanji pairing.

Compound of 小 (small) and 児 (child). The reading しょうに is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi; しょうじ is an older, now obsolete reading.

息そく

childhood asthma; infantile asthma

pedophilia; pederosis

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