"子供" meaning in Japanese

See 子供 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ko̞do̞mo̞] Forms: 子供 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ども)), kodomo [romanization], [counter]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, though at the time it was exclusively plural. From 子 (ko, “child”) + 共 (-domo, plural suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{suf|ja|子|共|pos2=plural suffix<ref name=DJR/>|t1=child|tr1=ko|tr2=domo}} 子 (ko, “child”) + 共 (-domo, plural suffix) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こども|count=人}} 子(こ)供(ども) • (kodomo) (counter 人)
  1. child Wikipedia link: Daijisen, Iwanami Shoten, Kōjien, Shinmura Izuru, Shogakukan, Tōkyō, ja:大辞泉, ja:広辞苑, ja:松村明 Categories (topical): Children, Family, Human Synonyms: お子さん: your (okosan) (ruby: ()), someone's child (ruby: ()) (alt: okosan) Synonyms (Tohoku region): わらし (warashi) Related terms: 少年 (shōnen) (ruby: (しょう), (ねん)) (english: young boy), 少女 (shōjo) (ruby: (しょう), (じょ)) (english: young girl), 青年 (seinen) (ruby: (せい), (ねん)) (english: young man), 女性: lady (josei) (ruby: (じょ), (せい)) (english: adult woman)

Inflected forms

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              "供",
              "ども"
            ],
            [
              "集",
              "あつ"
            ],
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "等",
              "ら"
            ],
            [
              "我",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "期",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "応",
              "こた"
            ],
            [
              "成",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "功",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "導",
              "みちび"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "だからこそ私は忘れない被験者の存在を!当時地下世界で広く実施されていたメディカルチェックを基に条件を満たす10人の子供を集めた 彼等は我々の期待に応えプロジェクトを成功に導いた"
        },
        {
          "english": "He’s not just a baby dragon, as his potentials are immeasurable.",
          "ref": "2011 August 13, “ベビードラゴン [Baby Dragon]”, in Beginner's Edition 1, Konami",
          "roman": "Kodomo doragon to anadotte wa ikenai. Uchi ni himeru chikara wa hakarishirenai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "秘",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "ちから"
            ],
            [
              "計",
              "はか"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "こどもドラゴンとあなどってはいけない。うちに秘める力は計り知れない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "child"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijisen",
        "Iwanami Shoten",
        "Kōjien",
        "Shinmura Izuru",
        "Shogakukan",
        "Tōkyō",
        "ja:大辞泉",
        "ja:広辞苑",
        "ja:松村明"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こども"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞do̞mo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "okosan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "子",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "お子さん: your"
    },
    {
      "alt": "okosan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "子",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "someone's child"
    },
    {
      "roman": "warashi",
      "sense": "Tohoku region",
      "word": "わらし"
    }
  ],
  "word": "子供"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "子供"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "子供",
  "trace": ""
}

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