newborn babe, child, young of animals

7 strokesFrequency 679JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ゲイ

Kun

-こ-っこ

Nanori

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

newborn babe

Constituents

human legs
stick
day
sun
olden times

Mnemonic Stories

In the olden times, coming out human legs first often spelled disaster for the newborn babe.

Dictionary

Common Words

Freq #207
1

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person

Examples
そのは母親に甘えた。
The child played the baby to his mother.
2

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

(one's) child; offspring

3

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix; Also 娘

young woman

Examples
ふふっ・・・その、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.
4

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

young (animal)

Examples
鯨は哺乳動物である。言い換えればに乳を与える。
A whale is a mammal; in other words it feeds milk to its young.
5

Common noun

offshoot

6

Common noun

interest

7

Abbreviation; Common noun; Finance

new share

8

Common noun; Card games; Mahjong

player who is not a dealer

9

Common noun; Also 姑

young geisha; young prostitute

10

Archaic; Common noun

bird egg

11

Noun, used as a suffix; After a noun or -masu stem

-er (often of young women)

Examples
彼はきっすいのロンドンです。
He's a genuine Londoner.
いい子良い子いいこよいこ (良い子)NounExpressionFreq #3984
1

good boy; good girl

Examples
留守中いい子でいるんですよ。
Behave yourself during my absence.
赤子赤児かごNounFreq #9364
1

baby

迷子いごNounFreq #9369
1

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

Examples
迷子の女の子はすすり泣きしながら名前を言っていた。
The stray girl sobbed her name.
孤児院いんNounFreq #10062
1

orphanage

Examples
彼は孤児院にその包みを配達した。
He delivered the package to the orphanage.
幼児うじNounFreq #10823
1

young child; toddler

2

Law

child over 1 but not yet of school age

孤児 (孤児)なしみなし子NounFreq #10828
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

orphan

Examples
人々はその孤児を哀れんだ。
People took pity on the orphan.
2

こじ only

person without friends

Freq #11283
1

Noun, used as a suffix; Common noun

child; boy

2

Archaic; Pronoun; Used by children to their parents, etc.

I; me

幼子幼な子幼児さなNounFreq #13422
1

infant; baby; little child

Examples
彼は幼児虐待で罰せられた。
He was punished for child abuse.
児童どうNounFreq #14629
1

children; juvenile

Examples
その学校の児童はみんなその新しい先生になついた。
Every child in the school took to the new teacher.

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