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    3. 幼少期

    幼少期

    幼よう少しょう期き

    (early) childhood

    KMT9Ref L1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab21 strokes

    ようしょうき

    Noun

    1.
    (early) childhood

    Stroke 0 / 21

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    彼かれの幼よう少しょう期きは貧まずしかった。

    His early childhood was poor.

    KMT6Family & Relationships
    私わたしは幼よう少しょう期きを自し然ぜん豊ゆたかな田いな舎かで過すごしました。

    I spent my early childhood in a rural area rich in nature.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsNature & Environment
    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おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえる。

    Early childhood experiences have a significant impact on later personality development.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    幼よう少しょう期きからの早そう期き教きょう育いくは、子こ供どもの能のう力りょく開かい発はつに有ゆう効こうだと言いわれている。

    Early education from childhood is said to be effective for developing a child's abilities.

    KMT9EducationFamily & Relationships
    心しん理り学がくの研けん究きゅうでは、幼よう少しょう期きの親しん子し関かん係けいが精せい神しん的てき健けん康こうに深ふかく関かかわるとされている。

    Research in psychology suggests that parent-child relationships in early childhood are deeply related to mental health.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsScience & MathEmotions & Psychology

    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
    期
    period・time・date・term
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