JLPT N3 · Noun

男子 (danshi)

男子 (だんし, danshi) is a Japanese noun meaning “boy”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: だんし
Romaji: danshi
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

boy · noun
man; male · noun

Example sentences

このクラスは女子が男子より多いです。

There are more girls than boys in this class.

Tatoeba #223848

そこらへんは、男子と女子とでは違うんだってば。

Obviously that's different for men and women.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 男子

maleダン・ナン・おとこ・お · 7 strokes

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AMシ・ス・こ・-こ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 男子.

男おとこman男の子おとこのこboy男性だんせいman男の人おとこのひとman長男ちょうなんeldest son (may be the only son)椅子いすchair子供こどもchild帽子ぼうしhatお菓子おかしconfections女の子おんなのこgirl子こchild息子むすこsonお子さんおこさんchild女子じょしwoman

Source: JMdict entry 1420070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.