おつ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of おつ – see the following entry.

【乙】S [proper noun] the second of the ten Celestial Stems [noun] something B [noun] the second item of any ordered list [noun] (music) one tone lower than the note indicated by 甲 (kō, “something A”) [noun] (by extension from the musical sense) a lower, sonorous and moving sound or tone [noun] (noh theater) in noh musical accompaniment, a specific kind of muffled drum beat played by striking the head of the taiko drum and keeping the mallet pressed against the head [noun] (Kansai dialect, slang) a stupid person, someone who is slow on the uptake [noun] (rare, possibly archaic) the state or circumstances of a thing [noun] (rare, possibly archaic) dressing up in an odd fashion [adjective] out of the ordinary, strange or unusual in an interesting or stylish way [adjective] strange, odd, weird [interjection] (Internet slang) Clipping of お疲れ様です (otsukaresama desu). Alternative spelling o2

(This term, おつ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as おつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おつ.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of おつ – see the following entry.

【落つ】 [verb] (Classical Japanese, archaic) to fall Alternative spellings 堕つ, 墜つ

(This term, おつ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as おつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おつ.)

Old Japanese

Verb

おつ (otu)

1. 落つ, 堕つ, 墜つ: to fall down, drop