"おっさん" meaning in Japanese

See おっさん in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [o̞sːã̠ɴ] Forms: おっさん [canonical], オッサン [canonical], ossan [romanization], wotusan [romanization], をつさん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Variant of おじさん (ojisan). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|おじさん}} おじさん (ojisan) Head templates: {{ja-noun|オッサン|hhira=をつさん}} おっさん or オッサン • (ossan) ^(←をつさん (wotusan)?)
  1. (informal, slang) middle-aged man Tags: informal, slang Related terms: おっちゃん (otchan)
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        "romanization"
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          "english": "A sketchy older man came up to me to talk.",
          "roman": "Ayashii ossan ni hanashikakerareta.",
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        "Japanese slang",
        "Japanese terms historically spelled with を",
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Download raw JSONL data for おっさん meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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