竜の落とし子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
竜	落	子
たつ Grade: S	お Grade: 3	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

竜の落し子; 竜の落子; 竜落子

Etymology

竜 (tatsu, “dragon”) +‎ の (no, “'s”) +‎ 落とし子 (otoshigo, “illegitimate child”), from their resemblance to dragons.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たつのおとしご [tàtsú nó ótóshígó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) たつのおとしご [tàtsú nó ótóshíꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [6])[2][3][1]
- IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡sɨᵝ no̞ o̞to̞ɕiɡo̞]

Noun

竜の落とし子 (hiragana たつのおとしご, katakana タツノオトシゴ, rōmaji tatsu no otoshigo)

a crowned seahorse
(by extension) a sea horse (fish)

Synonyms

海 (ウミ)馬 (ウマ) (umiuma); 海 (カイ)馬 (バ) (kaiba)
馬 (ウマ)魚 (ウオ) (umauo)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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