子, 児, こ, ko - Nihongo Master (2024)

Word Senses

• Parts of speech

  noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix

  Meaning

  child

  Example sentence

  「お前、どこの子だ？」足に纏わりついてきたのは、小さな子猫だった。灰色の縞模様のふわふわした猫だ。 Who do you belong to? Wrapped around his feet was a small cat. It was a fluffy grey striped cat.

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  young (animal)

  Example sentence

  よい子になるには早寝早起きするコトです。 To be a good child you need to go to bed and get up early.

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  young woman; young geisha

  Example sentence

  あの亜弓って子、まだ１３歳だけど５つのときから子役として映画や舞台に出演。 That 'Ayumi' kid, only 13 but has performed in movies and theatres as a child actor since she was five.

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  offshoot

  Example sentence

  従姉妹にはね、もの凄いボインボインな子がいるんだよ？ Among my cousins, you know, there's a girl with the most enormous breasts.

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  interest

  Example sentence

  ふふっ・・・その子、人間じゃないの。ロボットなのよ。ア・ン・ド・ロ・イ・ド。 Ha-ha ... She isn't human. She's a robot; A-n-d-r-o-i-d.

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  new shares

  Example sentence

  ああでも安心してくれ。オレ、ノンケのコには手を出さないから。 Oh, but don't worry. I don't put the moves on straight guys.

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  bird egg

  Example sentence

  何よ！またその子の肩を持つ気！？ What! You going to take her side again!?

• Parts of speech

  noun, used as a suffix

  Meaning

  (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)

  Example sentence

  子たる者すべからく親の命に従うべし。 Children should obey their parents.