おっと

Japanese

Etymology 1

Derived as a general exclamation of surprise. Compare English whoops, oops.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おっと [óꜜttò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [o̞t̚to̞]

Interjection

おっと • (otto)

oops, whoops, whoa, oh no, oh my
- 2002 September 17, Motohiro Katou, “災(さい)厄(やく)の男(おとこ) [Bummer Guy]”, in [Ｑ.](キュー)[Ｅ.](イー)[Ｄ.](ディー) [証](しょう)[明](めい)[終](しゅう)[了](りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 96:
  
  おっと失(しつ)礼(れい)　日(にっ)本(ぽん)人(じん)はあまりこういうあいさつをしないんですよね　私(わたし)の国(くに)では「ハグ」といって日(にち)常(じょう)的(てき)にやるものなんですけど
  Otto shitsurei Nipponjin wa amari kō iu aisatsu o shinai n desu yo ne Watashi no kuni de wa “hagu” to itte nichijōteki ni yaru mono na n desu kedo
  Whoops, sorry. Japanese people aren’t really used to greetings like this. It’s called a “hug” and it’s very common in my country.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of おっと – see the following entry.

【夫】4	[noun] [from 1220] husband

(This term, おっと (otto), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as おっと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おっと.)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of おっと – see the following entry.

【音おと】1

[noun] a sound

[noun] when used with a "hear" verb, a rumor or fame (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

[noun] news, tidings

[noun] a reply, response

(This term, おっと (otto), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as おっと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おっと.)