Word details

幼い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 幼い.

Dictionary

Entry

幼いさな~い Adj.Freq #1918
1

very young; little

Examples
その幼い少年は父親の両肩の上に乗っていた。
The little boy sat on his father's shoulders.
2

childish; immature

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

infancy, childhood

5 strokesFrequency 1,227JLPT N2Grade 6

On

ヨウ

Kun

おさな.い

Nanori

うぶわか

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