じどう

See also: しとう, しどう, and じとう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of じどう – see the following entries.

【自動】 [noun] automatic movement, automatic functioning [noun] (grammar) intransitive verb (Abbreviation of 自動詞.) Alternative spelling 自働

【児童】 [noun] pupil, student (a child who goes to elementary school) [noun] (law) minor, child, juvenile [noun] person under 18 years of age under the Japanese Child Welfare Law [noun] person under 20 years of age under the Japanese Mother and Child, Father and Child, and Widows Welfare Law

(This term, じどう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 侍童, 慈童.)