幼少

Meaning

1. nadj-naadj-no
   infancy; childhood; tender age

Example sentences

• 彼のマナーが悪いのは幼少時代のしつけが足りなかったせいだと彼らは考えた。

  They attributed his bad manners to lack of training in childhood.

• 幼少の時、父が死んで、その弟が、時代の衰勢と、自分の怠惰とから、すっかり、身代をつぶしてしまったらしく、後に、筆墨行商人になって、私の家へ、よく来たが、くると、母に叱られて、よわっていた。

  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.

• 私は、幼少時代、玩具という物を持った覚えがない。

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