人の子

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひとのこ [hìtónókó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çi̥to̞no̞ko̞]

Noun

人(ひと)の子(こ) • (hitonoko) 

  1. (figuratively) human; someone who is “also a person”
    私(わたくし)も人(ひと)の子(こ)ですから、これくらい甘(あま)えても仕方(しかた)がありません。
    Watakushi mo hito no ko desu kara, kore kurai amaete mo shikata ga arimasen.
    I am also only human, so it can not be helped that I depend on you just this once.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 人,‎ の,‎ 子; someone else's child
  3. (obsolete) child (not yet mature person)
  4. (obsolete) descendant
  5. (obsolete) daughter still living with her parents, either unwed or only recently married

Proper noun

人(ひと)の子(こ) • (Hito no Ko) 

  1. (Christianity) Son of Man (Jesus Christ)

References

  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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