Keyword
preteen
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig468
Readings
どう
(62%)
(4%)
っぱ
(4%)
Composed of
standing up
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)
pupil (of eye)
yearn for
large bell
bump into
Used in vocabulary (106 in total)
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
children; juvenile
children's story; fairy tale
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
boy; kid; child
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
(young) girl
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
boy; child; youth; brat
children's song; nursery rhyme
bad boy; naughty child; brat
child consultation center; children's welfare center
orphanage; children's home; foster home
cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
children's park; children's playground
children's book
school child; pupil
herdboy; shepherd boy; young ranch hand; cowboy
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
care of schoolchildren outside of school time
children's house; child welfare residential facility
schoolchild without lunch
child on waiting list (kindergarten, school, etc.)
Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
little child
child pornography
children's song; nursery song
man who has never had sex except with sex workers
working feverishly; strenuous efforts; furious dedication (to a task); (arch.) having dishevelled hair; (arch.) fighting with dishevelled hair
writer of children's stories
elementary school student council
something easy to do; cinch
child-rearing assistance; support for young parents; child-care allowance
boy with untied hair (before his coming-of-age ceremony); appearance of a boy with untied hair
children's song; nursery song
United Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF
one-eyed mountain spirit
noh mask resembling a dignified youth
young male servant; page
bobbed hair
unusually large or strong youth
Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
village child
evacuation of school children (from major cities to more rural areas, esp. during late World War II)
Kyoto's children; Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
something easy to do; cinch; (lit.) a kappa's fart
playground; children's park
(arch.) child; (arch.) children; child servant; temple page; my (young or child-like) wife; young slacker (who has not yet attained adulthood)
pictures drawn by child; pictures for children
Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
children of school age
nursery rhyme murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
immaculate conception; virgin birth; tradition that Jesus was born to Mary although she was a virgin
children's self-reliance support facility
play for children
a fish out of water; (lit.) a kappa up on land
man who has never had sex except with sex workers
Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed); cucumber makizushi
cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed); cucumber makizushi
gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
pictures drawn by a child
precocious child
Uho Doji (divine rain-making boy)
young ascetic of the Himalayas; one of the Buddha's past lives
little boy; young boy
young person; young servant
young person; young servant
girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel); brat; scamp; disciple; apprentice
small child (esp. a servant child in the Heian-period imperial palace)
small child (esp. a servant child in the Heian-period imperial palace)
Kyoto's children; Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
child sexual abuse; child molestation
children's playground; amusement park for children
something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa
Act on Punishment of Activities Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children
child raised in the mountains
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.