Word Meaning 幼少

ようしょう youshou

幼少 is read as ようしょう (youshou) and means infancy.

Meaning

English

  1. infancy
  2. childhood
  3. tender age

Reading

Kana

ようしょう

Romaji

youshou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 16638 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

幼少期

ようしょうき

(early) childhood

幼なじみ

おさなじみ

childhood friend

幼い

おさない

childish

幼児

ようじ

child over 1 but not yet of school age

幼時

ようじ

childhood

幼子

おさなご

infant

幼虫

ようちゅう

larva

幼女

ようじょ

little girl

幼年

ようねん

childhood

幼年時代

ようねんじだい

childhood

幼生

ようせい

larva

幼友達

おさなともだち

childhood friend

Example Sentences

6

ようしょうきをいなかですごした。

I spent my childhood in the countryside.

Here is where I spent my childhood.

Here is where I spent my childhood.

I don't remember having had any toys when I was young.

He gave his remembering of race horse names when he was a child as the source of his language ability.

When I was very young, my father died. His younger brother, due to the vicissitudes of the times and to his own laziness, dissipated his own fortune and afterwards became a peddler of writing materials. He often came to our house, but when he came, my mother would scold him and he would be troubled.