息子

Chinese
 
rest; news; interest; breath
 
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; 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

Japanese
Kanji in this term
息 子
むす
Grade: 3		 こ
Grade: 1
Irregular kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 生す (musu, “to beget”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).[1][2] The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Middle Chinese 息子.

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

息子 (hiragana むすこ, rōmaji musuko)

  1. (humble) a son (male child)
    • 1985 December 20, Watanabe, Taeko, “第だい四十八話わ　家か族ぞく Ⅰ [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Ｌ (こ)Ａ (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 from Seattle… to look for my son …I am ———Jonathan Allen’s father
    • 1994 November 4 [Jun 17 1993], Kanari, Yozaburo; Sato, Fumiya, “ファイル２　異い人じん館かん村むら殺さつ人じん事じ件けん⑪ [File 2: 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 [Young Kindaichi Case Files], volume 3 (fiction), 9th edition, 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 nan da‼
      He’s‥‥ Ryūichi is really my son‼
    • 2009 January 10, Tsuda, Masami, “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 [Wait Edop], 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. (vulgar) a cock; a dick (penis)

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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