おっと

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

• (Tokyo) おっと [óꜜttò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞t̚to̞]

Etymology

Reading of various terms spelled in kanji.

For pronunciation and definitions of おっと – see the following entries.

【夫】4 [noun] [from 1220] husband

【音おと】1 [noun] a sound [noun] when used with a "hear" verb, a rumor or fame (Can we verify(+) this sense?) [noun] news, tidings [noun] a reply, response

(This term, おっと (otto), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as おっと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おっと.)

Pronunciation 2

• (Tokyo) おっと [òttó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞t̚to̞]

Etymology

Derived as a general exclamation of surprise. Compare English whoops, oops.

Interjection

おっと • (otto) 

1. oops, whoops, whoa, oh no, oh my
   • 2002 September 17, Motohiro Katou, “災(さい)厄(やく)の男(おとこ) [Bummer Guy]”, in [Ｑ.](キュー)[Ｅ.](イー)[Ｄ.](ディー) [証](しょう)[明](めい)[終](しゅう)[了](りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 96:

     おっと失(しつ)礼(れい)　日(にっ)本(ぽん)人(じん)はあまりこういうあいさつをしないんですよね　私(わたし)の国(くに)では「ハグ」といって日(にち)常(じょう)的(てき)にやるものなんですけど

     Otto shitsurei Nipponjin wa amari kō iu aisatsu o shinai n desu yo ne Watashi no kuni de wa “hagu” to itte nichijōteki ni yaru mono na n desu kedo

     Whoops, sorry. Japanese people aren’t really used to greetings like this. It’s called a “hug” and it’s very common in my country.