► 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:
- 彼等は養子縁組した ⇨ They officially become an adopter and adoptee
- 天皇に菓子を謹呈した ⇨ We gave cakes (we had made) to the Emperor
- お母さん猫と五匹の子猫 ⇨ A mother and her five kittens
- 電子メールでの通知を希望される方はアドレスを記入して下さい ⇨ If you prefer to be notified by Email, please provide an Email address
- この子は二人の愛の結晶だ ⇨ This child is a fruit of the between the two
- 子供ですらそれぐらい知っている ⇨ Even children know that much
- 彼女は息子の嫁に辛く当たる ⇨ She treats her daughter-in-law harshly
- 彼は走り回っても息が乱れる様子がない ⇨ He doesn’t seem to be breathing hard even after running around
- 彼は小さな子供にセックスとは何かと聞かれて大弱りした ⇨ He struggled to answer when a little kid asked him what sex was
- うちの息子はゲームばかりしている ⇨ My son only plays games, plays games all day every day
- クリスマスまで子供の贈り物を隠してある ⇨ I have the gifts for the kids hidden until Christmas
- 彼は子供の頃は痩せっぽちだった ⇨ He was very thin and weak when he was young
- 彼女は皇太子妃にあやかって名付けられた ⇨ She is named after the princess
- 様子がおかしいと気が付いた時にはもう彼の体は冷たかった ⇨ When I realized something was wrong, his body was already cold
- 彼等はほんの子供まで処刑した ⇨ They executed even those who were mere children