Word details
少年老い易く学成り難し
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 少年老い易く学成り難し.
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Entry
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Proverb
study hard while you are young; boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
少
few, little
4 strokesFrequency 287JLPT N4Grade 2
On
ショウ
Kun
すく.ないすこ.し
年
year, counter for years
6 strokesFrequency 6JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ネン
Kun
とし
Nanori
ね
老
old man, old age, grow old
6 strokesFrequency 803JLPT N2Grade 4
On
ロウ
Kun
お.いるふ.ける
Nanori
えびおいび
易
easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
8 strokesFrequency 571JLPT N2Grade 5
On
エキイ
Kun
やさ.しいやす.い
学
study, learning, science
8 strokesFrequency 63JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ガク
Kun
まな.ぶ
Nanori
たかのり
成
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
6 strokesFrequency 116JLPT N2Grade 4
On
セイジョウ
Kun
な.るな.す-な.す
Nanori
あきあきらしげそんたえなおなりなるのりひらまさよしり
難
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
18 strokesFrequency 330JLPT N2Grade 6
On
ナン
Kun
かた.い-がた.いむずか.しいむづか.しいむつか.しい-にく.い
Nanori
ななに
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