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童
童
12 strokes
Frequency: 1138
JLPT N2
Grade 3

Meanings

juvenile
child

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ドウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
わらべ
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
ぱ

Common Words

童貞
どうてい
Noun
Freq #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
Noun
Freq #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
Noun
Freq #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
Noun
Freq #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
Noun
Freq #21611
1

Dated term

child

神童
しんどう
Noun
Freq #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
Noun
Freq #25225
1

boy; kid; child

河童
かっぱ
カッパ
かわっぱ
Noun
Freq #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
Noun
Freq #29852
1

Formal or literary term

(young) girl

童心
どうしん
Noun
Freq #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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