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    3. 迷子

    迷子

    迷まい子ご

    lost child

    N3KMT9News #30+1CoreNounDaily LifeKanji Vocab12 strokes

    迷児

    まいご

    Noun

    1.
    lost child, lost person, stray child, missing child

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    彼かれは迷まい子ごになった。

    He got lost. (He became a lost child/person.)

    KMT3Daily Life
    デパートで迷まい子ごのアナウンスが流ながれた。

    A lost child announcement was made at the department store.

    KMT9Daily Life
    遊ゆう園えん地ちでは、子こ供どもが迷まい子ごにならないように手てをつないで歩あるいた。

    At the amusement park, we walked hand in hand so the child wouldn't get lost.

    KMT9Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    迷まい子ごになった猫ねこが、数すう日じつ後ごに無ぶ事じ飼かい主ぬしの元ところへ戻もどった。

    The lost cat safely returned to its owner a few days later.

    KMT9Daily LifeAnimals
    都と会かいの雑ざっ踏とうの中なかで、方ほう向こう感かん覚かくを失うしない、まるで迷まい子ごになったような気き分ぶんだった。

    In the hustle and bustle of the city, I lost my sense of direction and felt like a lost child.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    迷
    まよ.う…(1)
    astray・be perplexed・in doubt・lost・err…(1)
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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