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幼い

おさない

young, childish

Mnemonic

Not much thread and not much power in it yet, which is a small child exactly. Oh おさ, sunny ない, and no idea about anything at all. She has one at home: おさない.

Worth knowing

若い わかい is young as in not old and stretches into your thirties. 幼い is a small child, and said of an adult it means immature.

Built from

young, infant
力 power on the right and a very small thread on the left. Not a great deal of either one yet.

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