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    3. 初潮

    初潮

    初しょ潮ちょう

    menarche

    KMT10News #47+1NounMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab22 strokes

    しょちょう

    Noun

    1.
    menarche, first menstruation
    physiology

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    彼かの女じょは最さい近きん、初しょ潮ちょうを迎むかえました。

    She recently had her first menstruation.

    KMT6Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    初しょ潮ちょうは女じょ性せいの体からだの大おおきな変へん化かの一ひとつです。

    Menarche is one of the big changes in a woman's body.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthCore Concepts
    初しょ潮ちょうの時じ期きは個こ人じん差さが大おおきく、栄えい養よう状じょう態たいや遺い伝でん的てき要よう因いんに影えい響きょうされます。

    The timing of menarche varies greatly among individuals and is influenced by nutritional status and genetic factors.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    初しょ潮ちょうが遅おそい場ば合あいや不ふ規き則そくな場ば合あいは、医い師しに相そう談だんすることが推すい奨しょうされます。

    If menarche is late or irregular, it is recommended to consult a doctor.

    KMT10Medicine & Health
    多おおくの文ぶん化かでは、初しょ潮ちょうを女じょ性せいの成せい長ちょうの節ふし目めとして祝いわう習しゅう慣かんがあります。

    In many cultures, there is a custom of celebrating menarche as a milestone in a woman's growth.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    初
    はじ.め・はじ.めて・はつ・はつ-・うい-・-そ.める…(4)
    first time・beginning
    潮
    しお・うしお…(2)
    tide・salt water・opportunity
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