幼少

ようしょう

infancy; childhood; tender age

What does 幼少 mean?

幼少 is a Japanese noun meaning infancy; childhood; tender age in English. It is written as 幼少 in kanji, ようしょう in hiragana, and youshou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

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.