老頭児

Japanese
Kanji in this term
老 頭 児
ろう > ろー
Grade: 4		 と
Grade: 2		 る
Grade: 4
irregular
Alternative spelling
老頭兒 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 老頭兒／老头儿 (lǎotóur).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ロートル [ròótórú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • (Tokyo) ロ​ートル [róꜜòtòrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
    • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːto̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

老頭児(ロートル) • (rōtoru) 

  1. (dated, often self-deprecating) an old fart

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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