童
童

juvenile, child

12 strokesFrequency 1,138JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ドウ

Kun

わらべ

Nanori

ぱ

Dictionary

Common Words

童貞どうていNounFreq #10436
1

virginity (of a male); (male) virgin

Examples
どーお？童貞卒業した翌朝は気分爽快？
So? Feeling refreshed, the morning after graduating from virginity?
2

Christianity

(Catholic) nun; sister

児童じどうNounFreq #14629
1

children; juvenile

Examples
その学校の児童はみんなその新しい先生になついた。
Every child in the school took to the new teacher.
童話どうわNounFreq #15931
1

children's story; fairy tale

Examples
あなたはこの童話を一人で書いたのですか。
Did you write this fairy tale by yourself?
童顔どうがんNounFreq #18611
1

child's face

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

childlike face; boyish face; baby face

童わらべわらんべわらわNounFreq #21611
1

Dated term

child

神童しんどうNounFreq #24115
1

child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child

Examples
彼は本当に神童である。
He truly is a prodigy.
童子どうじ童児NounFreq #25225
1

boy; kid; child

河童かっぱカッパかわっぱNounFreq #28716
1

kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature

Examples
私は学校で日本文学の英語訳、特に漱石の『吾輩は猫である』や『心』、芥川の『鼻』や『河童』を楽しく読んだ。
At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.
2

かっぱ／カッパ only; Colloquial

excellent swimmer

3

かっぱ／カッパ only; Colloquial

cucumber

4

かっぱ／カッパ only; Abbreviation; Word usually written using kana alone

cucumber sushi wrapped in nori

童女どうじょどうにょわらわめNounFreq #29852
1

Formal or literary term

(young) girl

童心どうしんNounFreq #34525
1

child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete

Examples
童心にかえってもう一度やり直しましょう。
I will mentally return to childhood and do it all over again.
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