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小学生

しょうがくせい

noun

Meanings

1elementary school pupil
2elementary school student
3primary school student
4grade school student

Example sentence

彼らはそのころ小学生でした。

They were school children then.

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Kanji in this word

小Little, Small3 strokes 学Study, Learning, Science8 strokes 生Life, Genuine, Birth5 strokes

More words with 小

小説しょうせつ · novelN4 小学校しょうがっこう · elementary schoolN4 小選挙区しょうせんきょく · small electoral district 縮小しゅくしょう · reductionN2 小型こがた · small-sized

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おがわ · stream

中小企業ちゅうしょうきぎょう · small and medium-sized enterprises

最小限さいしょうげん · minimum

More words with 学

学生がくせい · studentN5 大学だいがく · collegeN5 文学ぶんがく · literatureN4 学校がっこう · schoolN5 医学いがく · medical scienceN4 学部がくぶ · faculty (of a university)～学部～がくぶ · department of a universityN4 科学かがく · scienceN4

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