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    乳児

    乳にゅう児じ

    infant (below 1 year old)

    KMT7News #15+1CoreNounMedicine & HealthFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    にゅうじ

    Noun

    1.
    infant (below 1 year old), suckling baby

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    乳にゅう児じはよく眠ねむります。

    Infants sleep a lot.

    KMT4Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    乳にゅう児じの健けん康こう状じょう態たいを定てい期き的てきに確かく認にんすることが重じゅう要ようです。

    It is important to regularly check the health status of infants.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthFamily & Relationships
    乳にゅう児じの成せい長ちょうはあっという間まです。

    Infants grow up in the blink of an eye.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    この病びょう院いんには乳にゅう児じのための専せん門もん病びょう棟とうがあります。

    This hospital has a specialized ward for infants.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthHome & Housing
    乳にゅう児じ突とつ然ぜん死し症しょう候こう群ぐん（SIDS）の予のよ防ぼうには、うつぶせ寝ねを避さけることが推すい奨しょうされています。

    To prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), avoiding sleeping on the stomach is recommended.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    乳
    ちち・ち…(1)
    milk・breasts
    児
    こ・-こ・-っこ…(4)
    newborn babe・child・young of animals
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