しょうねん
Meanings
Noun
1. 年の若い人。青年よりも年少で、主に男子を指す。
2. 男の子。男児。
3. 小学校就学の始期から、満18歳に達するまでの者。
法律、児童福祉法
4. 20歳に満たない者。
法律、少年法
Kanji used
few
year
Pitch accent
しょ
うねん
Top 1400
Composed of
small; little; few
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
juvenile division (police); juvenile section
juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
runaway child; youngster who has run away from home
pederasty; boy love
juvenile prison; juvenile corrective institution
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
juvenile offender; juvenile delinquent
child labor; child labour
study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
juvenile delinquent under the age of fourteen; minor in trouble with the law
① 一定の事由があり、その性格・環境などから将来犯罪を犯す虞のある20歳未満の者。
Examples (200 in total)
The boy was calm.
The boy was quiet.
This is the boy.