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未成年者 (miseinensha) Japanese meaning: minor | Kotomora
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Minors may not use this site.
Drinking by underage persons is prohibited by law.
Usage patterns 未み 成せい 年ねん 者しゃ に 〈 物もの 〉 を 売う る to sell something to a minor (often prohibited)
You must not sell cigarettes to minors.
未み 成せい 年ねん 者しゃ の 飲いん 酒しゅ underage drinking
Underage drinking is prohibited by law.
未み 成せい 年ねん 者しゃ を 保ほ 護ご する to protect minors
This law was created to protect minors.
Opposites 成人 means an adult in the general social sense, the direct opposite of 未成年者, which is a minor.
成年者 is the precise legal counterpart to 未成年者, denoting a person who has reached the age of majority.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound: 未 means 'not yet,' 成年 refers to legal or social adulthood, and 者 means 'person.' Together it literally means 'a person not yet of age.'
