連れ子

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
連れっ子
連子
Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 連れ (tsure, coming or going with, accompanying, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 連れる (tsureru, to come or go with, to accompany)) + (ko, child).[1][2][3][4]

Also found with the geminate reading tsurekko. This latter form is attested from at least 1900.[1]

Also found with the voiced reading tsurego.[5] This appears to be less common, and is not listed in various references.[1][2][3][4][6]

Pronunciation

Common:

Geminate:

  • (Tokyo) れっこ [tsùrékkó] (Heiban – [0])[3][6]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾe̞k̚ko̞]

Uncommon voiced:

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾe̞ɡo̞]

Noun

()() or ()(っこ) or ()() (tsureko or tsurekko or tsurego) 

  1. stepchild, child from previous marriage

Synonyms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 連れ子”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  6. 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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