男の子
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 男 | 子 |
| おとこ Grade: 1 |
こ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 男 (otoko, “man; male”) + の (no, appositional particle) + 子 (ko, “child”).[1][2][3]
First cited to a text from 1711.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from 1711] a boy
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]- 女の子 (onnanoko)
Derived terms
[edit]- 男の娘 (otokonoko)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 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, 2006
- ^ “男の子”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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