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    3. 少年老い易く学成り難し

    少年老い易く学成り難し

    少しょう年ねん老おい​易やすく​学がく成なり​難がたし​

    study hard while you are young

    NTExpressionsEducationKanji Vocab62 strokes

    少年老いやすく学成りがたし少年老いやすく学なりがたし

    しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし

    Expressions

    1.
    study hard while you are young, boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    少
    すく.ない・すこ.し…(1)
    few・little
    Kanji
    年
    とし…(2)
    year・counter for years
    Kanji
    老
    お.いる・ふ.ける…(4)
    old man・old age・grow old
    Kanji
    易
    やさ.しい・やす.い…(2)
    easy・ready to・simple・fortune-telling・divination
    Kanji
    学
    まな.ぶ…(3)
    study・learning・science
    Kanji
    成
    な.る・な.す・-な.す…(15)
    turn into・become・get・grow・elapse…(1)
    Kanji
    難
    かた.い・-がた.い・むずか.しい・むづか.しい・むつか.しい・-にく.い…(3)
    difficult・impossible・trouble・accident・defect
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
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