noun, takes genitive case の, adverb

  1. childhood, infancy.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
幼時 ようじ
おさな
どき
幼時 おさなどき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

infancy, childhood
おさな.い ヨウ うぶ (6th, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
power, strength, strong
リョク ちから リキ (1st, N4)
time, hour
ジ とき と (2nd, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
Buddhist temple
てら ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)