Word Meaning 幼稚

ようち youchi

幼稚 is read as ようち (youchi) and means infancy.

Meaning

English

  1. infancy
  2. childish
  3. infantile
  4. immature
  5. primitive

Reading

Kana

ようち

Romaji

youchi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Synonyms 子供じみる,子どもっぽい,子どもらしい Antonyms 老練 Related Words 小さい,幼い Rank 7865 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

幼稚園

ようちえん

kindergarten

幼稚産業保護論

ようちさんぎょうほごろん

infant-industry argument

幼稚園生

ようちえんせい

kindergartener

幼稚園教諭

ようちえんきょうゆ

kindergarten teacher

幼稚園児

ようちえんじ

kindergartener

幼稚園バス

ようちえんばす

school bus (for kindergarten children)

幼保一元

ようほいちげん

administrative unification of day-care centers and kindergartens

幼若化反応

ようじゃくかはんのう

blastogenesis

幼児死亡率

ようじしぼうりつ

infant mortality rate

幼保園

ようほえん

combined day-care center and kindergarten

幼保

ようほ

kindergartens and day-care centers

幼生器官

ようせいきかん

larval organ

Example Sentences

10

かれのかんがえはすこしようちだ。

his thinking is a bit childish.

そんなようちないいわけはつうようしない。

such a childish excuse won't work.

いもうとはらいねん、ようちえんにはいる。

my younger sister will enter kindergarten next year.

そのえんぎはすこしようちにみえた。

that performance looked a little childish.

ねんれいのわりに、かれはまだようちだ。

for his age, he is still immature.

He goes to kindergarten.

Is this word too childish?

My little sister goes to nursery school.

Pre-schoolers are not targets of sexual desire.

I learned that when I was in kindergarten.