► 名詞
子 [こ] meaning: child rank: 1
☆ あの子どこの子？ ⇨ Whose kid is that kid?
☆ うちの子が小学校に上がった ⇨ My kid has started going to elementary school
子 [こ] [coll] [peer] meaning: person rank: 1
☆ あの子どうしたの？ ⇨ What’s wrong with her? (☛ Typically used among young women)
► 接尾辞
子 [こ] meaning: person rank: 2
☆ 彼はちゃきちゃきの江戸っ子だ ⇨ He is a quintessential Edo, Tokyo, person
► 接頭辞
子 [こ] meaning: child rank: 1
☆ 子犬、子猫、子馬、子鹿 (こいぬ、こねこ、こうま、こじか) ⇨ Puppy, kitten, foal, fern
More examples:
- 彼は椅子にふんぞり返っている ⇨ He is leaned back in his chair
- 子供を叩いている親を通行人が見るに見かねて止めた ⇨ A passerby couldn’t bear to watch and intervened with a parent hitting his child
- 彼は70年代一の美男子俳優だった ⇨ He was the No 1 handsome actor of the 70’s
- うちの息子は小さい頃大変な利かん坊だった ⇨ My son was very stubborn when he was little
- 彼女は子供の時から贅沢することしか知らない ⇨ Since she was a child she only knows to live in luxury
- 彼女は子供の頃父親に暴行された ⇨ She was molested by her father when she was a child
- 彼女は彼の子を宿した ⇨ She housed his child inside her. She became pregnant with his child
- 子供に余りガミガミ言うと逆効果になる ⇨ If you nag your children too much it will have an opposite effect, be counter-productive
- 彼は梯子を床の上に寝かせた ⇨ He laid the ladder on the floor
- 女の子がお父さんの肩に乗っかっている ⇨ A little girl is sitting on her dad’s shoulders
- 彼女は野球場でビールの売り子をしている ⇨ She is a beer vendor at a baseball park
- 二人の子供の卒業式が同じ日にぶつかった ⇨ The graduation ceremonies of my two kids fell on the same day
- この薬は胃腸の調子を整える ⇨ This medicine makes the digestive system work better
- 彼女は未だ男の子とキスしたことがない ⇨ She hasn’t kissed a boy yet
- あの女の子は声を掛けるとはきはき答えて可愛い ⇨ When I talk to that girl, she speaks articulately and is very cute