食べ盛り

たべざかり【食べ盛り】

¶ → 食べ盛りの男の子

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たべざかり【食べ盛り】

a time when one's appetite [desire for food] is at its peak.

●食べ盛りの子供 children at that stage when they have insatiable appetites

・彼は食べ盛りの子供を 3 人も抱えている. He has three children with big appetites to feed.

●男の子は 10 代半ばから後半にかけてが食べ盛りだ. Generally speaking, boys have the strongest [keenest] appetites in their middle to late teens.