Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non- adult) person
2. (one's) child; offspring
3. young (animal)
4. young woman
also 娘
Noun
5. offshoot
6. interest
7. new shares
8. player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.)
9. bird egg
Suffix
10. -er (often of young women)
after a noun or -masu stem
Noun
11. young geisha
also 姑
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (208 in total)
child
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
son; penis
parent and child
good boy; good girl
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
kitten; small cat
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
cloth dyed in a dappled pattern; pattern of white spots; dapples; mochi containing red bean paste; (arch.) fawn
decorating a metal surface with small dots resembling fish eggs; twill weave; basket weave
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed
papier mâché; player who is not a dealer (in cards)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
piglet
children
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
children
geisha; (arch.) kabuki actor (esp. a young actor); (arch.) someone accomplished in the arts
member (of a group led by a kumigashira); member (of a fire brigade); muntin; mullion; member
pendulum
puppy; small dog
clothes padded with cotton
beater (on a hunt)
good boy; good girl
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller; (arch.) child from the city
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
quilting; quilted coat; quilted clothes
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
shrine parishioner
clumsy girl
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
herring roe
gudgeon (any fish of genus Gnathopogon or related genera); willow gudgeon (Gnathopogon caerulescens); longtooth grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus bruneus)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
(someone else's) child
small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly
cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
salted salmon roe
little finger; pinky; little toe
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
baby; child
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
kid; young goat; goatling
cinch; pushover; easy matter; light snack; cake served with tea
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
dramatic role for child; child actor
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection
rosefinch (any finch of genus Carpodacus); monkey
fish eggs; roe
one's child; a child one has brought into the world; (arch.) descendant
Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
shrine parishioner
Son of God; child of an emperor
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
young turtle (tortoise); turtle (tortoise) shell
snow child (type of winter spirit)
dancer (usu. female)
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
soft roe; milt; albino
paper garment
bird's egg (esp. a chicken egg); chick; baby bird (esp. a baby chicken); eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy); eggshell (colour); red and white oval rice cakes
cake served with tea; snack; offering or gift given at Buddhist services; light meal taken before breakfast by farmers
Mariko Aoki phenomenon; phenomenon of feeling an urge to defecate when stepping inside a bookstore
mother and child
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
whistle
aborted, stillborn or miscarried foetus (fetus); (arch.) newborn baby
the older child
secondary taro corm; daughter taro corm; taro cormel; taro bud
(plant's) new bulb; new stocks; new shares
kinoko; mountain-dwelling demon resembling a child
frivolous, flighty woman; good-time girl
thin person; skinny person
kitten; small cat
one's own child; one's own children
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
wife and children
wife and children; (arch.) wife
having children; attempting to conceive
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
very young fish (esp. a konoshiro gizzard shad); (arch.) new geisha
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
calf; small cow
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly
youngest child
pebble; small stone
child from previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
baby monkey; small monkey
baby monkey; small monkey
seamstress
magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
seamstress
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
younger child
unwanted child; shunned child
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
albino
to be pregnant; to be with child
tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter
many children; large family
facet; facetted object
outdoor creatures
nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner; cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock)
sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child
kabuki actor who is also a male prostitute
safe, easy childbirth; guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)
friend; comrade; companion
hornet larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps); bee larva
baby spider
day of the Boar in the month of the Boar (the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
chubby girl
followers; adherents
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) the child of a frog is a frog
there is no love like a father's; no child knows how dear he is to his parents
to disturb the water; to wake a sleeping dog; (lit.) to wake a sleeping child
child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh); henchman; follower
my child
my child
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like father, like son
sparrow chick (kigo)
daddy's girl; daddy's boy
spare the rod and spoil the child; (lit.) if you love your children, send them out into the world
person (esp. child) who watches a lot of TV
children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together
dried sea-cucumber ovaries
dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock; person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash
a foolish child is more precious
nature itself is a good mother; (lit.) even without parents, children grow up
what can you expect from a child with parents like that?; such parents, such children
flying fish roe; (arch.) travelling male homosexual prostitute
mother's boy; mother's girl
nature itself is a good mother; (lit.) even without parents, children grow up
daddy's girl; daddy's boy
plunger (of syringe)
duckling; baby duck
duckling; baby duck
minor taro root; taro cormlet; taro cormel
easy girl; floozy
rough estimate; mental arithmetic
mama's boy; mama's girl; mother's boy; mother's girl; mummy's boy; mummy's girl
bullied child
chintzy, money-grubbing girl
(as used in Northern Japan) greenling; (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish
gray whale
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
whale calf
whale calf
baby seal
baby seal
child who attended a temple school
subsidiary screen; sub-screen; pop-up window
child structure
child-operation
man; boy
Mariko Aoki phenomenon; phenomenon of feeling an urge to defecate when stepping inside a bookstore
person in a scam whose role is to collect money from the victim
round menko
(computer) slave station
some things can be learned from the young; a fool may give a wise man counsel; (lit.) to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders
crying over spilt milk; (lit.) counting the age of one's dead child
like father, like son; (lit.) a child who does not resemble their parents is a changeling
the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son
woman; girl
frivolous, flighty woman; good-time girl
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
baluster; banister
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like mother, like daughter; like mother, like son
cod roe; cod milt
round menko
flying fish roe
the parent is the best judge of the child
weaver
kanji "child" radical at left
notched bamboo rod rubbed with an implement similar to a bamboo whisk (used as a percussion instrument); wooden vertical batten
child-entry
child process
child-sequence-number
subentry (in dictionary)
a child is an everlasting responsibility
like father, like son
red and white egg-shaped mochi
subentry (in dictionary)
no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child
female usher at traditional Kansai theatrical events
Seiko-chan cut; feathered hairstyle that hides the eyebrows with bangs
my love; my dear; darling
silkworm (Bombyx mori)
son of a person of high social standing
deer; fawn
travelling male homosexual prostitute
maid in an Osaka brothel
Examples (124 in total)
He is a bad boy.
My children are at school.
She's a sweet girl.