"子泣き爺" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ko̞na̠kʲiʑiʑiː] Forms: 子泣き爺 [canonical] (ruby: 子(こ), 泣(な), 爺(じじい)), konakijijī [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 子 (ko, “baby”) + 泣 (naki, “cry”) + 爺 (jijī, “old man”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|子|泣|爺|t1=baby|t2=cry|t3=old man|tr1=ko|tr2=naki|tr3=jijī}} 子 (ko, “baby”) + 泣 (naki, “cry”) + 爺 (jijī, “old man”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こなきじじい}} 子(こ)泣(な)き爺(じじい) • (konakijijī)
  1. (Japanese folklore) Shapeshifting monster, 妖怪 (yōkai), which for a ruse takes the form of either a helpless baby or tiny old man, crying near woodland trails and crushes passersby who stop to help as it transforms to devour them. Tags: Japanese
    Sense id: en-子泣き爺-ja-noun--qBBOxXi Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Folklore, Japanese mythology, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Folklore: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese mythology: 50 50 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 50 50 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ko̞na̠kʲiʑiʑi] Forms: 子泣き爺 [canonical] (ruby: 子(こ), 泣(な), 爺(じじ)), konakijiji [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 子 (ko, “baby”) + 泣 (naki, “cry”) + 爺 (jiji, “old man”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|子|泣|爺|t1=baby|t2=cry|t3=old man|tr1=ko|tr2=naki|tr3=jiji}} 子 (ko, “baby”) + 泣 (naki, “cry”) + 爺 (jiji, “old man”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こなきじじ}} 子(こ)泣(な)き爺(じじ) • (konakijiji)
  1. (Japanese folklore) Shapeshifting monster, 妖怪 (yōkai), which for a ruse takes the form of either a helpless baby or tiny old man, crying near woodland trails and crushes passersby who stop to help as it transforms to devour them. Tags: Japanese
    Sense id: en-子泣き爺-ja-noun--qBBOxXi1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Folklore, Japanese mythology, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Folklore: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese mythology: 50 50 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 50 50 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞na̠kʲiʑiʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "子泣き爺"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 子泣き爺 meaning in Japanese (5.2kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "子泣き爺"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "子泣き爺",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "子泣き爺"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "子泣き爺",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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