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JLPT N3 · Noun

少年 (shounen)

少年 (しょうねん, shounen) is a Japanese noun meaning “boy”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しょうねん
Romaji
shounen
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. boy · noun
  2. juvenile; child · noun · usu. in legal contexts

Example sentences

少年は木に自分の名前を刻んだ。
The boy carved his name on the tree.
Tatoeba #146513

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

Kanji in 少年

少
few, littleショウ・すく.ない・すこ.し · 4 strokes
年
year, counter for yearsネン・とし · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 少年.

少しすこしa little少ないすくないfew少女しょうじょgirl (usu. between 7 and 17)少々しょうしょうa little減少げんしょうdecrease多少たしょうa little少しもすこしも(not) at all青少年せいしょうねんyoung people (ages 12 to 25)少なくともすくなくともat least年としyear年ねんyear去年きょねんlast year今年ことしthis year毎年まいねんevery year

Source: JMdict entry 1349170 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.