Word Meaning 少年少女

しょうねんしょうじょ shounenshoujo

少年少女 is read as しょうねんしょうじょ (shounenshoujo) and means boys and girls.

Meaning

English

  1. boys and girls

Reading

Kana

しょうねんしょうじょ

Romaji

shounenshoujo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 86476 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

少女

しょうじょ

female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

少年

しょうねん

boy

少年院

しょうねんいん

reformatory

少年会

しょうねんかい

junior society

少年文学

しょうねんぶんがく

juvenile literature

少年ジャンプ

しょうねんじゃんぷ

Shōnen Jump (weekly magazine)

家出少女

いえでしょうじょ

runaway girl

文学少女

ぶんがくしょうじょ

literary girl

さぶる少女

さぶるおとめ

prostitute and entertainer

マッチ売りの少女

まっちうりのしょうじょ

The Little Match Girl (1845 short story by Hans Christian Andersen)

少年団

しょうねんだん

Boy Scouts

Example Sentences

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As is quite common for teenagers aged from 13 to 19, she's conceited.

Many boys and girls ranging from 12 to 18 entered the contest.

Many boys and girls ranging from 12 to 18 entered the contest.

It's not surprising at all that the number of delinquent boys and girls is increasing.

There were figures there from those of an age best called girls and boys to those who looked to be old enough to be about to live out their life span.