ショウネン
Meanings
Noun
1. boy
2. juvenile; child
usu. in legal contexts
Pitch accent
ショ
ウネン
Composed of
small; little; few
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
juvenile delinquent
beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
juvenile delinquent
child soldier
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
juvenile division (police); juvenile section
juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
runaway child; youngster who has run away from home
pederasty; boy love; shōnen-ai (manga subgenre depicting romantic relationships between boys); boys' love
juvenile prison; juvenile corrective institution
Shōnen Jump (weekly magazine)
incident (e.g. crime) involving a minor (between the ages of 14 and 19)
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
male cadet (aged 14-19) in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (during WWII)
study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
juvenile offender; juvenile delinquent
child labor; child labour
children's literature; juvenile literature
juvenile deemed likely to commit a crime; pre-delinquent juvenile; status offender
juvenile delinquent under the age of fourteen; minor in trouble with the law
junior society
18 and 19-year olds (legally adults but covered by the 2022 Juvenile Act)
boy who spends all of his free time playing baseball
adolescence; boyhood
shōnen manga; boys' comics; manga aimed a younger male audience
Examples (200 in total)
The boy was calm.
The boy was quiet.
I am a boy.