しょうねん
Meanings
Noun
1. boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
Pitch accent
しょ
うねん
Composed of
small; little; few
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
juvenile delinquent
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
child soldier
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
juvenile division (police); juvenile section
juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
juvenile delinquent
runaway child; youngster who has run away from home
pederasty; boy love
juvenile prison; juvenile corrective institution
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
juvenile offender; juvenile delinquent
child labor; child labour
juvenile literature
juvenile likely to commit a crime; juvenile with a criminal bent; pre-delinquent juvenile; status offender
juvenile delinquent under the age of fourteen; minor in trouble with the law
junior society
Examples (200 in total)
The boy was calm.
The boy was quiet.
This is the boy.