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
① 女の子供。幼女。女児。② 若い女性。娘。少女。
① 女の子供。幼女。女児。② 若い女性。娘。少女。
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
① 物体をある点で支持し、その点の周りに回転および往復させる装置。
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
① にしんの卵巣に入ったままの卵。それを卵巣膜に包まれたまま塩漬け、乾燥にした食品。
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
① 羊の子供。小さい羊。
(someone else's) child
① 小型の馬。② 哺乳中の幼駒。
cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
① さけやますなどの魚の卵巣に入ったままの卵。それを卵巣膜に包まれたまま塩漬けにした食品。すずこ。
① 人間の手足の指のうち、親指と反対側の端にあり最も細い指。
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
① 演劇やドラマで子供の役。またそれを演じる人。② 子供の役者。
① 小槌。② 前額と後頭部が突き出た形の頭。さいづちあたま。③ 不器用な人。④ 胴体が太い蛇のような形をした伝説上の生き物。
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
① 雪の精。雪の降る日に、子供の姿で現れるといわれる。
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
① 母と子。またはその関係。② 特に父親を欠いた場合の母親と子供の関係。
(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
① 幼児。稚児。
the older child
① 里芋の親芋のまわりについてできる小さい芋。芋の子。② 里芋の別称。
(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
① 自分の子供。
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
① 牛の子供。小さい牛。
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
① 小型の馬。② 哺乳中の幼駒。
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
① クワ科の落葉高木の一種。学名: Milicia excelsa(シノニム: Chlorophora excelsa)。耐久性の大きいが得られる。
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
① 陰暦十月の亥の日。② 亥の子の祝い、亥の子祭り、亥の子餅の略称。
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
① 漢字の部首「⼦‎‎」が偏である場合の呼称。
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.