竜の落とし子
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | ||
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竜 | 落 | 子 |
たつ Grade: S |
お Grade: 3 |
こ > ご Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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龍の落とし子 (kyūjitai) 竜の落し子 竜の落子 竜落子 |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 竜 (tatsu, “dragon”) + の (no, “'s”) + 落とし子 (otoshigo, “illegitimate child”),[1][2][3][4][5] from their resemblance to dragons.
First cited to a work from 1847.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) たつのおとしご [tàtsú nó ótóshígó] (Heiban – [0])[4][5]
- (Tokyo) たつのおとしご [tàtsú nó ótóshíꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [6])[4][5][6]
- IPA(key): [ta̠t͡sɨᵝ no̞ o̞to̞ɕiɡo̞]
Noun[edit]
竜の落とし子 or 竜の落とし子 • (tatsu no otoshigo)
- a crowned seahorse
- (by extension) a sea horse (fish)
Usage notes[edit]
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as タツノオトシゴ.
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “龍落子”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “竜の落し子”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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