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Keyword
preteen
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig468
Readings
どう
(62%)
ぱ
(4%)
っぱ
(4%)
Composed of
立
standing up
里
home village
Mnemonic

A preteen child is someone for whom his whole home village would stand up. People in the sticks are very protective of their young ones.

Used in kanji (7 in total)
瞳
pupil (of eye)
憧
yearn for
鐘
large bell
撞
bump into
3 more...
Used in vocabulary (106 in total)
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
children; juvenile
children's story; fairy tale
103 more...
Examples (13 in total)
Tom is still a virgin.
Did you write this fairy tale by yourself?
This fairy tale is easy enough for a seven-year-old child to read.
The Brothers Grimm collected fairy tales all-over Germany.
He wrote this fairy tale by himself.
Tom was a prodigy.
He truly is a prodigy.
He is a naughty boy.
They are both school children.
That publisher specialises in children's books.
We have a lot of children's books in the library.
Child abuse is a crime.
She majors in child psychology.