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児童

じどう

child, schoolchild

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Examples

  1. 児童が公園で遊んでいる。

    じどうがこうえんであそんでいる。

    Schoolchildren are playing in the park.

  2. この学校には児童が三百人います。

    このがっこうにはじどうがさんびゃくにんいます。

    This school has three hundred pupils.

  3. 図書館で児童向けの本を借りた。

    としょかんでじどうむけのほんをかりた。

    I borrowed a children's book at the library.

Common patterns

児童向け
aimed at children
児童館
a children's centre
児童数
the number of pupils

Memory tip

児童 is the official term for elementary-school-age children, the one used on signs and in laws. Middle and high schoolers are 生徒, university students 学生 — and in ordinary speech it is just 子供.

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