► 動詞
儲ける [(3)もうける] [liter] meaning: child rank: 4
☆ 彼は夫人との間に一男一女を儲けた ⇨ He’s had a son and a daughter with his wife (☛ Make children)
► 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
餓鬼 [(2)がき] [contempt] meaning: child rank: 2
☆ ガキの癖して生意気な口利くな ⇨ Don’t sass me, your damn brat
☆ このくそガキが！ ⇨ You fucking brat!
幼児 [(1)ようじ] [tech] meaning: child rank: 2
☆ 幼児向けの歌 ⇨ Songs for young children (☛ 1 to 5 year-old children)
子持ち [こもち] meaning: child rank: 3
☆ 子持ちの30才の女性 ⇨ A 30-year-old woman with a child/children
児童 [(1)じどう] [liter] meaning: child rank: 3
☆ 小学校の児童三人が負傷した ⇨ Three elementary school children got injured (☛ Typically refers to kindergarten and elementary school children)
ちび [(1)ちび] [coll] [affection] meaning: child rank: 3
☆ うちにはチビが二人いる ⇨ We have two little kids
ちびっ子 [ちびっこ] [coll] [affection] meaning: child rank: 3
☆ ちびっこに人気のアニメ ⇨ A popular anime among little kids
養子 [ようし] meaning: child rank: 3
☆ 彼は三才の時に養子に取られた ⇨ He was adopted when he was three (☛ An adopted child)
我が子 [(1)わがこ] [liter] meaning: child rank: 3
☆ やっぱり我が子が誰よりも可愛い ⇨ My own child is more lovelier than anybody else (☛ Literally “my child”)
愛し子 [(3)いとしご] [liter] meaning: child rank: 4
☆ 我が愛し子 ⇨ My beloved child
子女 [(1)しじょ] [liter] meaning: child rank: 4
☆ 在外日本人子女 ⇨ Japanese children who live overseas
私生児 [(2)しせいじ] meaning: child rank: 4
☆ 彼は私生児として生まれた ⇨ He was born as an illegitimate child (☛ An illegitimate child)
小児 [しょうに] [tech] meaning: child rank: 4
☆ 小児期の家庭環境 ⇨ Home environment during childhood
童心 [どうしん] [童心に返る] meaning: child rank: 4
☆ 童心に返って川で水遊びをした ⇨ We played in the river like we were kids again (☛ Literally “child mind”)
ねんね [(1)ねんね] [coll] [contempt] meaning: child rank: 4
☆ いつまでもねんねみたいこと言ってるな ⇨ Stop talking and acting like a child (☛ Often used against women)
一人っ子 [(3)ひとりっこ] meaning: child rank: 4
☆ 彼は一人っ子だ ⇨ He is an only child
申し子 [(3)もうしご] meaning: child rank: 4
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幼少 [ようしょう] [liter] meaning: child rank: 4
☆ 彼は幼少の頃から戦士としての訓練を受けた ⇨ He received trainings as a warrior since the early childhood
忘れ形見 [(4)わすれがたみ] meaning: child rank: 4
☆ 亡き夫の忘れ形見の息子 ⇨ My son between my late husband and me (☛ Especially a child whose father died while the mother was pregnant)
► 形容詞
幼い [(3)おさない] meaning: child rank: 2
☆ 彼女は幼く見える ⇨ She looks like a little child (even though she is not) (☛ “child-like”, but not necessarily “childish”)
► 接尾辞
児 [じ] meaning: child rank: 3
☆ 彼女は体操の天才児だ ⇨ She is a child gymnastic prodigy
► 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