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    3. 次男

    次男

    次じ男なん

    second son

    KMT9News #34+1CoreNounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab13 strokes

    二男

    じなん

    Noun

    1.
    second son

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは私わたしの次じ男なんです。

    He is my second son.

    KMT3Family & Relationships
    彼かれの次じ男なんは、来らい年ねん小しょう学がっ校こうに入にゅう学がくします。

    His second son will enter elementary school next year.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEducation
    私わたしの次じ男なんは、兄あにとは性せい格かくが全まったく違ちがって、とても活かっ発ぱつです。

    My second son has a completely different personality from his older brother and is very active.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    次じ男なんは大だい学がくで経けい済ざい学がくを専せん攻こうし、将しょう来らいは海かい外がいで働はたらきたいと考かんがえている。

    My second son is majoring in economics at university and hopes to work overseas in the future.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEducationWork & Career
    伝でん統とう的てきな家いえでは、長ちょう男なんが家か業ぎょうを継つぎ、次じ男なんは自じ由ゆうに自じ分ぶんの道みちを選えらぶことが多おおい。

    In traditional families, the eldest son often inherits the family business, while the second son is often free to choose his own path.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsCulture & TraditionsWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    次
    つ.ぐ・つぎ…(6)
    next・order・sequence
    男
    おとこ・お…(3)
    male
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