おと

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おと – see the following entries.

【音】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 Alternative spelling おっと

【乙】S

[noun] [from 712] (archaic) a younger sibling

[noun] [from late 1500s] (archaic) the youngest sibling

[noun] [from late 1500s] (archaic) clipping of 乙娘 (oto musume, “young woman”)

[noun] [from late 1500s] (archaic, Noh theater) clipping of 乙御前 (oto goze, “a stock character in 狂言 (kyōgen) comic interludes, played as a plump and clumsy but earnest young woman”)

[prefix] applied to a noun denoting a person, or to a person's name:

[prefix] next, younger, youngest

[prefix] beautiful, beloved, cute, dear

Alternative spelling
弟

【遠】2	[pronoun] (archaic) a distant place [pronoun] (archaic) a time far from the present [pronoun] the distant past [pronoun] the far-off future Alternative spelling 彼方

(This term, おと (oto), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as おと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おと.)

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