しょうねん

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうねん – see the following entries.
少年
a boy, a young man
正念
the seventh part of the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism; right mindfulness
calm, peaceful thoughts
生年
number of years since one was born; age
称念
a Buddhist invocation
(This term, しょうねん (shōnen), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)