Keyword
young guy
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1995
Old form
Readings
ろう
(97%)
(1%)
Composed of
white
arm of a bodybuilder
small village
Used in kanji (2 in total)
corridor
betel palm tree
Used in vocabulary (91 in total)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
son of a bitch; piece of shit
bastards; guys; lads
servant; valet; menial
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
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
vassals; retainers; followers
bastards; guys; lads
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
son of a bitch; piece of shit
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
son of a bitch; piece of shit
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
Nephila clavata (an Oriental species of golden orb-weaving spider); Argiope amoena (an Oriental species of orb-weaving spider); wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi)
(arch.) slow witted fellow; (arch.) counter-hero; (arch.) lie; (arch.) nonsense; Yotaro (rakugo character)
diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
golden lace (Patrinia scabiosifolia); scabious patrinia; yellow patrinia
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant
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
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; day labourer (esp. on the docks)
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
buying the services of a prostitute; whoring
amateur; novice; layman
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
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
stupid brat; mischievous kid; troublemaker
throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself
libertine; man of pleasure
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
vassals; retainers; followers
Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
buying the services of a prostitute; whoring
Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri); white crucian carp
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
man with an unattractive, unusually shaped face
low class licensed prostitute (Edo period)
man with an unattractive, unusually shaped face
prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant
prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)
amateur; novice; layman
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
man with an unattractive, unusually shaped face
flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)
flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)
Carassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)
jiro (variety of sweet Japanese persimmon)
Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)
day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year)
astronomical expert
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)
low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
first lunar month
sickness back; motion sickness bag
everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; (lit.) catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes
everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; (lit.) catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes
golden web spider (Nephila pilipes)
Examples (22 in total)
That bastard tried to kill me.
I saw two guys kissing each other in the hallway.
Jiro isn't here now.