Archaic term for a child or children, not used in modern Japanese.
In old tales, there are often scenes where a child gets lost in the forest.
child servant; temple page
Historical term for a child employed as a servant or page, especially in a temple.
The temple page is cleaning.
Humble, archaic term used by a man to refer to his own wife, implying she is young or child-like.
young slacker
Archaic term for a young person who has not yet reached adulthood and is seen as idle or irresponsible.
That young slacker still cannot do a proper job.
My young wife always takes care of me.
Kyoto's children · Kyoto's young people (noisy, gossipy)
From わらわ “child” and the collective suffix べ, denoting children as a group and later young attendants or servants. 童部 is a semantic spelling.