おつ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おつ – see the following entries.
【乙】S
[proper noun] the second of the ten Celestial Stems
[noun] something which is second; B
[noun] the second item of any ordered list
[noun] (music) one tone lower than the note indicated by 甲(こう) (kō)
[noun] (by extension from the musical sense) a lower, sonorous and moving sound or tone
[noun] (noh theater) in noh musical accompaniment, a specific kind of muffled drum beat played by striking the head of the taiko drum and keeping the mallet pressed against the head
[noun] (Kansai dialect, slang) a stupid person, someone who is slow on the uptake
[noun] (rare, possibly archaic) the state or circumstances of a thing
[noun] (rare, possibly archaic) dressing up in an odd fashion
[adjective] out of the ordinary, strange or unusual in an interesting or stylish way
[adjective] strange, odd, weird
[interjection] (Internet slang) clipping of お疲れ様です (otsukaresama desu)
Alternative spelling
o2
【落つ】
[verb] (Classical Japanese, archaic) to fall
Alternative spellings
堕つ, 墜つ
【変若つ】
[verb] to become young, to return to an origin or original state
[verb] to be reborn
Alternative spelling
復つ
(This term, おつ (otsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as おつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おつ.

Old Japanese

Verb

おつ (otu)

  1. 落つ, 堕つ, 墜つ: to fall down, drop
  2. 復つ: to become young, to be reborn
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