息子

Chinese

 
rest; news; interest
rest; news; interest; breath
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad.
(息子)
息 子
anagram 子息

Pronunciation


Noun

息子

  1. (archaic) (one's) biological son
  2. (dialectal) great-grandson

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
息 子
むす
Grade: 3
こ
Grade: 1
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
息 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 生(む)す (musu, “to beget”) + 子(こ) (ko, “child”).[1][2] 息 is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Middle Chinese 息子.

Pronunciation

Noun

息(むす)子(こ) • (musuko) 

  1. (humble) a son (male child)
    • 1985 December 20, Taeko Watanabe, “第(だい)四(よん)十(じゅう)八(はち)話(わ) 家(か)族(ぞく) Ⅰ(いち) [Chapter 48: Family I]”, in ファミリー! [Family!], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 72:
      シアトルからLA(ここ)へは…息(むす)子(こ)を尋(たず)ねてきました…ぼくは———ジョナサン・アレンの父(ちち)親(おや)です
      Shiatoru kara koko e wa… musuko o tazunete kimashita …Boku wa ———Jonasan Aren no chichioya desu
      I came here to LA from Seattle… to look for my son …I am —Jonathan Allen’s father
    • 1994 November 4 [1993 June 17], Yozaburo Kanari with Sato, Fumiya, “異(い)人(じん)館(かん)村(むら)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)⑪(じゅういち) [The Western-Style Village Murder Case #11]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) (金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ)) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], 9th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 84:
      彼(かれ)は‥‥竜(りゅう)一(いち)は私(わたし)の息(むす)子(こ)なんだ‼
      Kare wa‥‥ Ryūichi wa watashi no musuko na n da‼
      He’s‥‥ Ryūichi is really my son!!
    • 2009 January 10, Masami Tsuda, “第(だい)一(いち)話(わ) 石(いし)の薔(ば)薇(ら)と氷(こおり)の桜(さくら) [Chapter 1: Stone Rose and Ice Cherry Blossom]”, in ちょっと江戸まで [Just Going to Edo], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, pages 10–11:
      儂(わし)は好(す)き放(ほう)題(だい)に生(い)きてきた……決(けっ)してひとに褒(ほ)められるような人(じん)生(せい)ではなかった…………が…ただひとつ誇(ほこ)れるものがある…お前(まえ)を息(むす)子(こ)に持(も)ったことさ…!アディオス
      Washi wa suki hōdai ni ikite kita…… Kesshite hito ni homerareru yō na jinsei de wa nakatta………… ga… tada hitotsu hokoreru mono ga aru… Omae o musuko ni motta koto sa…! Adiosu
      I’ve lived in self-indulgence all my life… It’s by no means a life worth praising… But… there’s still one thing I’ve always been proud of… That’s having you as my son…! Adiós!
  2. (euphemistic, humorous) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:陰茎

Synonyms

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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