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少年 (しょうねん): boys, juveniles — Japanese vocabulary

少年 is read しょうねん and means "boys, juveniles". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

少年

Reading
しょうねん · shounen
Translation
boys, juveniles
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しょうねんが

Example

彼は他のどの少年よりも背が高い。

かれはたのどのしょうねんよりもせがたかい。

He is taller than any other boy.

Kanji in this word

  • 少 — few, little
  • 年 — year

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