男の子

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おとこ
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (otoko, man; male) +‎ (no, appositional particle) +‎ (ko, child).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1711.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(おとこ)() (otokonoko

  1. [from 1711] a boy

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 男の子”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 男の子”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN