小僧

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む。

The boy at the temple gate recites sutras he was never taught.

寺の小僧が朝早くから境内を掃いている。

The temple's young acolyte has been sweeping the grounds since early morning.

彼は幼い頃、山寺に小僧として預けられた。

As a small child he was sent to a mountain temple as a novice monk.

祖父は十二歳で呉服屋の小僧になった。

My grandfather became a shop boy at a kimono store at the age of twelve.

米屋の小僧が注文の品を届けに来た。

The boy from the rice shop came to deliver the order.

小僧として奉公しながら商売を覚えた。

He learned the trade while serving as an apprentice.

あの小僧め、また窓ガラスを割ったな。

That brat has broken a window again.

近所の小僧たちが空き地で野球をしている。

The neighborhood kids are playing baseball in the empty lot.

まだ小僧のくせに生意気な口をきくな。

Don't talk back to me when you're still just a kid.