竜の落とし子

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 spelling
龍の落とし子 (kyūjitai)

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(たつ)の落(お)とし子(ご) • (tatsu no otoshigo) 

1. a crowned seahorse
2. (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

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN