► 名詞
子供 [こども] meaning: child rank: 1
☆ 何時迄も子供みたいな事言ってるんじゃない ⇨ Don’t say childish things on and on. Grow up
☆ 私が子供の頃 ⇨ When I was a child
☆ 彼等は子供が二人いる ⇨ They have two kids (☛ Not limited to human children)
子供 [こども] [子供が出来る] meaning: child rank: 1
☆ 彼女は子供が出来ない ⇨ She cannot be pregnant. She is infertile
More examples:
- 時には心を鬼にして子供を叱らなくてはいけない ⇨ Sometimes you have to scold your children hard with tough love
- 僕が子供の頃はこの辺は全部原っぱだった ⇨ When I was kid this area was all open fields
- 子供達が無心に遊んでいる ⇨ The kids are totally engrossed in their play
- 子供達は母親ひいきだ ⇨ The children favor their mother (over father)
- 子供の玩具が放りっ放しだ (ほうりっぱなし) ⇨ The kid’s toys are left scattered around
- 彼女の子供達は彼女の再婚相手にすっかり懐いている ⇨ Her kids are completely attached to her second husband
- 彼女は寝ている子供に毛布を掛けた ⇨ She put a blanket over her sleeping child
- 双子は子供の時から何かに付けて競い合ってきた ⇨ The twins have competed with each other about everything since childhood
- 子供達が泥の中で嬉々として遊んでいる ⇨ Kids are gleefully playing in the mud
- うちの子供が最近大人びてきた ⇨ My kid has started to look like an adult lately
- それを子供にも分かるように説明するのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to explain it so that even children can understand
- 彼女には幼い子供が二人いる ⇨ She has two very young children
- 彼は子供の扱いに慣れている ⇨ He is used to dealing with little kids
- 早熟な子供 ⇨ A precocious child
- 子供をむやみに褒めそやすのは良くない ⇨ It is not good to praise children indiscriminately