子供

Japanese
Kanji in this term
子 供
こ
Grade: 1		 とも > ども
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

子(こ)供(ども) • (kodomo)  (counter 人)

  1. child
    • 2003 September 22, Uraku, Akinobu, “第(だい)63(ろくじゅうさん)話(わ)　幼(おさな)い記(き)憶(おく) [Chapter 63: Childish Memories]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 100:
      アンタ…か　記(き)憶(おく)が戻(もど)った今(いま)となってはちょっと惜(お)しい気(き)もするよな
      Anta… ka Kioku ga modotta ima to natte wa chotto oshii ki mo suru yo na
      Man, it kinda bums me out now that your memories have recovered.
      ハァ？
      Hā?
      Why?
      ルミナさんって呼(よ)んで子(こ)供(ども)の様(よう)に無(む)邪(じゃ)気(き)で可(か)愛(わい)かったのに
      Rumina-santte yonde kodomo no yō ni mujaki de kawaikatta no ni
      ’Cos you were so cute and innocent, like a child. You even called me Rumina-san.
      …な……子(こ)供(ども)……か
      …Na… …Kodomo…… ka
      …Wha… Like a child…?
      そうね…まさに目(め)も耳(みみ)も塞(ふさ)いで怯(おび)えた子(こ)供(ども)
      Sō ne… Masa ni me mo mimi mo fusaide obieta kodomo
      Yeah… a child who shut her eyes and covered her ears every time she got scared.
    • 2003 September 22, Uraku, Akinobu, “第(だい)63(ろくじゅうさん)話(わ)　幼(おさな)い記(き)憶(おく) [Chapter 63: Childish Memories]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, pages 109–110:
      だからこそ私(わたし)は忘(わす)れない被(ひ)験(けん)者(しゃ)の存(そん)在(ざい)を！当(とう)時(じ)地下世界(アンダーグラウンド)で広(ひろ)く実(じっ)施(し)されていたメディカルチェックを基(もと)に条(じょう)件(けん)を満(み)たす10(じゅう)人(にん)の子(こ)供(ども)を集(あつ)めた　彼(かれ)等(ら)は我(われ)々(われ)の期(き)待(たい)に応(こた)えプロジェクトを成(せい)功(こう)に導(みちび)いた
      Dakara koso watashi wa wasurenai hikensha no sonzai o! Tōji Andāguraundo de hiroku jisshi sarete ita medikaru chekku o moto ni jōken o mitasu jū-nin no kodomo o atsumeta Karera wa wareware no kitai ni kotae purojekuto o seikō ni michibiita
      That’s why I could never forget them, the subjects! At the time, we set up medical checks all over the Underground. And we managed to gather ten children that met the original requirements. They helped guide our project to the success we had hoped.
    • 2011 August 13, “ベビードラゴン [Baby Dragon]”, in Beginner's Edition 1, Konami:
      こどもドラゴンとあなどってはいけない。うちに秘(ひ)める力(ちから)は計(はか)り知(し)れない。
      Kodomo doragon to anadotte wa ikenai. Uchi ni himeru chikara wa hakarishirenai.
      He’s not just a baby dragon, as his potentials are immeasurable.

Synonyms
  • お子(こ)さん (okosan): your/someone's child
  • (Tohoku region) わらし (warashi)

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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