► 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:
- 卵子 ⇨ An ovum
- 彼は飲み屋で女の子をナンパした ⇨ He picked up a girl at a bar
- あの子はいつもお母さんにくっついている ⇨ That kid is always clinging to his mom
- 後で様子を見てくる ⇨ Later I’ll go check out what is going on
- 子供達はすやすや寝ている ⇨ Kids are sleeping soundly
- 彼等は捨て子を引き取った ⇨ They adopted an abandoned child
- 彼は団子っ鼻をしている ⇨ He has a big round nose
- 子供の珍妙な質問に彼は思わず絶句した ⇨ He lost his words by a funny question from a child
- バカに限ってバンバン子供を作る ⇨ Only idiots reproduce like rabbits
- どうもお腹の調子が悪い ⇨ I’m having a stomach problem
- 彼は子供達に勤勉さを植え付けた ⇨ He instilled his children with strong work ethics
- 彼は子供の頃親と生き別れた ⇨ He was separated from his parents when he was a child
- 彼は事故の後車椅子を使っている ⇨ He has been using a wheelchair after the accident
- 子供達は表で遊んでいる ⇨ The kids are playing outside (on the street in front of the house)
- 彼女は子供をいい学校に入れようと必死だ ⇨ She is working hard to send her kids to good schools