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Meaning of 幼少(ようしょう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 幼少

Kana Reading ようしょう

Romaji yōshō

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`

Meaning

infancy; childhood; tender age

Examples of 幼少, ようしょう in a sentence

彼のマナーが悪いのは幼少時代のしつけが足りなかったせいだと彼らは考えた。

They attributed his bad manners to lack of training in childhood.

Related Kanji

幼 JLPT 2

5 strokes

infancy, childhood

On'Yomi: ヨウ

Kun'Yomi: おさな.い

少 JLPT 5

4 strokes

few, little

On'Yomi: ショウ

Kun'Yomi: すく.ない, すこ.し