末っ子

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
すえ
Grade: 4

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Shift from earlier (すえ)() (sueko),[1] from (sue, end) +‎ (ko, child).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(すえ)() (suekko

  1. youngest child
    Synonyms: (dialectal, Kagoshima) しったれ (shittare), 末子 (basshi, masshi, sueko)

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN