Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 幼稚(ようち) in Japanese

幼稚
JLPT 2
Kana Reading
ようち
Romaji
yōchi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    infancy; childish; infantile
    Example sentence
    幼稚な説得とは、人をしつこく、そそのかしていた。 Crude persuasion is to persistently egg someone on.

Examples of 幼稚, ようち in a sentence

Kanji in this word

稚 JLPT 1

13 strokes

immature, young

On'Yomi: チ, ジ

Kun'Yomi: いとけない, おさない, おくて, おでる

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幼 JLPT 2

5 strokes

infancy, childhood

On'Yomi: ヨウ

Kun'Yomi: おさな.い

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