jmdict 1349170 Active (id#2297083)
少年 [ichi1,news1,nf02]
しょうねん [ichi1,news1,nf02]
  1. [n]
    • boy
  2. [n]
    《usu. in legal contexts》
    • juvenile
    • child
History:
    • A 2024-04-05 20:47:19 Jim Breen (id#2297083)
    • A* 2024-04-05 19:36:34 Robin Scott (id#2297075)
    • Comments
      Splitting into senses.
      I don't think "youth" or "lad' is needed.
    • Refs
      daij, meikyo
    • Diff
      @@ -18,0 +19,4 @@
      +</sense>
      +<sense>
      +<pos>&n;</pos>
      +<s_inf>usu. in legal contexts</s_inf>
      @@ -20,3 +24 @@
      -<gloss>young boy</gloss>
      -<gloss>youth</gloss>
      -<gloss>lad</gloss>
      +<gloss>child</gloss>
    • A 2011-12-11 21:25:14 Rene Malenfant
    • A* 2011-12-11 18:57:16 Scott
    • Comments
      Why the plural? Strange that it was never corrected.
    • Diff
      @@ -18,2 +18,5 @@
      -<gloss>boys</gloss>
      -<gloss>juveniles</gloss>
      +<gloss>boy</gloss>
      +<gloss>juvenile</gloss>
      +<gloss>young boy</gloss>
      +<gloss>youth</gloss>
      +<gloss>lad</gloss>
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