► 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:
- 幼い弟の世話をしているいじらしい女の子 ⇨ A commendable little girl who is taking care of her infant brother
- 子供の姿を見ると元気付けらる ⇨ Watching my kids gives me energy, motivation
- 草食系男子 ⇨ Herbivorous boys. Docile, asexual young men
- 彼女は子供をきつく抱きしめた ⇨ She held her child tight
- 子供を養育するのにかかる費用 ⇨ The expenses to raise children
- 迷子の子は泣くばかりでどうしようもなかった ⇨ The lost child just kept crying and there was nothing you could do
- 子供が生まれたんだってね。おめでとう ⇨ I heard you had a baby. Congratulations
- 日本の子供達は普通歩いて学校に行く ⇨ Japanese kids usually walk to schools
- 彼女はお団子頭にしている ⇨ She has her hair in a bun
- 哀れなことに彼は子供の時に両親を失った ⇨ It is heartbreaking that he lost his parents when he was little
- 椅子は二十個あれば足りる ⇨ 20 chairs will be enough
- 彼は子供の死を知って慟哭した ⇨ He learned the death of his child and cried
- 彼女は実子と養子を分け隔て無く育てている ⇨ She is raising her own children and adopted children without differentiating them, treating them equally
- 彼の息子は頭痛の種だ ⇨ His son is a seed, source, of headache (for him)
- 彼の息子はぐれている ⇨ His son has become juvenile delinquent