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幼稚 (ようち): infancy, childish, infantile — Japanese vocabulary

幼稚 is read ようち and means "infancy, childish, infantile". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

幼稚

Reading
ようち · youchi
Translation
infancy, childish, infantile
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ようちが

Example

幼稚な説得とは、人をしつこく唆すことだ。

ようちなせっとくとは、ひとをしつこくそそのかすことだ。

Crude persuasion is to persistently egg someone on.

Kanji in this word

  • 幼 — young, childish
  • 稚 — childish, young

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