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English Meanings:
noun
- guy
兄さん
[にいさん]
niisan
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
兄さん
[あにさん]
anisan
English Meanings:
noun
- older brother; elder brother
- brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship)
- young man; buddy; fella; laddie (vocative)
子
[こ]
ko
noun, noun, used as a suffix
Alternate Written Forms:
English Meanings:
noun, noun, used as a suffix
- child
- young (animal)
- young woman; young geisha (also 娘)
- offshoot
- interest
- new shares
noun
- player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.)
noun, noun, used as a suffix
- bird egg
noun, used as a suffix
- -er (often of young women) (after a noun or -masu stem)
English Meanings:
noun
- the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac)
- hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am)
- north
- eleventh month of the lunar calendar
English Meanings:
noun
- fruit; nut
- seed
- (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
- content; substance
若者
[わかもの]
wakamono
noun, no adjective
English Meanings:
noun, no adjective
- young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
小僧
[こぞう]
kozou
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- youngster; boy; kid; brat
- young Buddhist monk; young bonze
- young shop-boy; errand boy; apprentice
少年
[しょうねん]
shounen
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
神童
[しんどう]
shindou
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
紳士
[しんし]
shinshi
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- gentleman
English Meanings:
suffix
- -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite) (indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.)
- -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ... (indicates expertise (in a certain field))
- man; person; people (usu. in compound words)
English Meanings:
suffix
- person
人間
[にんげん]
ningen
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
- character (of a person)
男
[おとこ]
otoko
noun, noun, used as a prefix
Alternate Written Forms:
男
[おっこ]
okko
Outdated Reading
English Meanings:
noun, noun, used as a prefix
- man; male
noun
- fellow; guy; chap; bloke
- male lover; boyfriend; man
- manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation
男の子
[おとこのこ]
otokonoko
expression, noun
Alternate Written Forms:
男の児
[おとこのこ]
otokonoko
Outdated Kanji
男のコ
[おとこのコ]
otokonoko
English Meanings:
expression, noun
- boy; son; baby boy
- young man
男の人
[おとこのひと]
otokonohito
expression, noun
English Meanings:
expression, noun
- man
男子
[だんし]
danshi
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- youth; young man
男性
[だんせい]
dansei
noun, no adjective
English Meanings:
noun, no adjective
- man; male
- masculine gender
丁年
[ていねん]
teinen
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- adulthood (i.e. age 20 in Japan); one's majority
奴
[やっこ]
yakko
noun, pronoun
English Meanings:
noun
- servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
- chivalrous man (Edo period)
- cubed tofu (often served cold)
- kite shaped like an Edo-period footman
- Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
- enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)
pronoun
- he; she; him; her