childhood

子供時代、幼少期

人生のうち、子供だった時期。

やさしい英語で： The period of your life when you were a child.

• I spent my childhood by the sea.
• He remembers little about his early childhood.
• Were you friends during childhood?

使い方： in/during childhood (She learned to swim during childhood.)

よく使う表現： during childhood, childhood memories, early childhood

子供時代、幼少期

まだ大人ではなく、子供である状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of being a child rather than an adult.

• Every child deserves a happy childhood.
• Early responsibility robbed him of his childhood.
• Their work explores childhood and adulthood.

反対語： adulthood

よく使う表現： childhood innocence, childhood development, end of childhood