Kanji
Readingろう
Frequency97%
Used in (63 in total)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
son of a bitch; piece of shit
bastards; guys; lads
servant; valet; menial
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
vassals; retainers; followers
Kintarō; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength; Kintarō doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron); diamond-shaped apron
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
(arch.) slow witted fellow; (arch.) counter-hero; (arch.) lie; (arch.) nonsense; Yotaro (rakugo character)
diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
Nephila clavata (an Oriental species of golden orb-weaving spider); Argiope amoena (an Oriental species of orb-weaving spider); wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi)
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; day labourer (esp. on the docks)
cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced; inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies
young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.); husband; (male) lover; dear
amateur; novice; layman
buying the services of a prostitute; whoring
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener)
It's good to have a girl first and then a boy
hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)
stupid brat; mischievous kid; troublemaker
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself
libertine; man of pleasure
Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
man with an unattractive, unusually shaped face
Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri); white crucian carp
low class licensed prostitute (Edo period)
prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)
low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)
prostitute of the second rank (below the tayū) (Edo period)
day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year)
everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; (lit.) catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes
low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
first lunar month
jiro (variety of sweet Japanese persimmon)
sickness back; motion sickness bag
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)
golden web spider (Nephila pilipes)
astronomical expert
Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)