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    3. 幼少

    幼少

    幼よう少しょう

    infancy

    KMT8News #23+1Noun, Adjective, ParticleFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab9 strokes

    ようしょう

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    infancy, childhood, tender age

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは幼よう少しょうの頃ころからピアノを習ならっていました。

    He had been learning piano since his early childhood.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEducation
    幼よう少しょう期きの経けい験けんは、その後ごの人じん格かく形けい成せいに大だいきく影えい響きょうします。

    Experiences in early childhood greatly influence later personality development.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    幼よう少しょうの子こ供どもを持もつ親おやは、子こ育そだてに多おおくの時じ間かんを費 やします。

    Parents with young children spend a lot of time raising them.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    彼かれの幼よう少しょうの記き憶おくは曖あい昧まいで、ほとんど覚おぼえていないと言いいます。

    He says his childhood memories are vague and he barely remembers anything.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    幼よう少しょう期きに自し然ぜんと触ふれ合あうことは、子こ供どもの健けん全ぜんな成せい長ちょうに不ふ可か欠けつです。

    Interacting with nature in early childhood is essential for a child's healthy development.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsNature & EnvironmentEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    幼
    おさな.い…(3)
    infancy・childhood
    少
    すく.ない・すこ.し…(1)
    few・little
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