noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. wheedling child, spoiled child, pampered child, child who always demands attention.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
甘えん坊 あまえんぼう
 
 
 
 
甘えんぼう あまえんぼう
 
 
 
 
あまえん坊 あまえんぼう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

sweet, coax, pamper
あま.い カン うま.い (7th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
boy, priest's residence, priest
ボウ ボッ (7th)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)