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幼児

ようじ

infant, small child (roughly one to six years old), preschooler

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Examples

  1. 幼児は無料です。

    ようじはむりょうです。

    Small children get in free.

  2. この本は幼児向けに書かれている。

    このほんはようじむけにかかれている。

    This book is written for small children.

  3. 幼児の前では言葉づかいに気をつけたほうがいい。

    ようじのまえではことばづかいにきをつけたほうがいい。

    You should watch your language in front of little children.

Common patterns

幼児教育
early childhood education
幼児向け
aimed at small children
幼児虐待
child abuse

Memory tip

幼 (young) + 児 (child). A technical age band: 乳児 is a baby under one, 幼児 runs from about one to school age, 児童 is a school-age child. In everyday talk people just say 子ども.

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