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Girls begin puberty around the ages of ten to eleven, and boys around the ages of eleven to twelve.
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Vocabulary list

joshi
noun, no adjective
  1. woman; girl
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
nyoro
noun
  1. tilde; wave dash
juuissai
  1. eleven years old; 11 years old
sai
suffix, counter
  1. -years-old
zengo
noun
  1. front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth
  2. before and after
noun, used as a suffix, noun, adverb
  1. around; about; approximately (after a quantity, age, time, etc.)
noun
  1. order; context
  2. consequences
  3. just when; around the time of
noun, suru verb
  1. inversion; reversion; getting out of order
  2. co-occurring; happening at the same time (as 前後して)
danshi
noun
  1. youth; young man
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
nyoro
noun
  1. tilde; wave dash
juunisai
  1. twelve years old; 12 years old
sai
suffix, counter
  1. -years-old
zengo
noun
  1. front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth
  2. before and after
noun, used as a suffix, noun, adverb
  1. around; about; approximately (after a quantity, age, time, etc.)
noun
  1. order; context
  2. consequences
  3. just when; around the time of
noun, suru verb
  1. inversion; reversion; getting out of order
  2. co-occurring; happening at the same time (as 前後して)
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
shishunki
noun
  1. puberty; adolescence
ki
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. period; time
noun
  1. opportunity; chance; occasion
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. age
noun, used as a suffix
  1. term (e.g. in office)
  2. session (e.g. of parliament)
  3. stage (e.g. of a disease)
  4. season (e.g. of a TV series)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
mukaeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to go out to meet
  2. to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
  3. to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
  4. to call for; to summon; to invite
  5. to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

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