三つ目小僧

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	目	小	僧
みっ Grade: 1	め Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1	そう > ぞう Grade: S
kun'yomi			on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

三つ目 +‎ 小僧

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みっつめこぞー [mìttsúmékózóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [6])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲi̥t̚t͡sɨme̞ko̞zo̞ː]

Noun

三(みっ)つ目(め)小(こ)僧(ぞう) • (mittsumekozō)

three-eyed goblin, a Japanese monster

See also

一(ひと)つ目小僧(めこぞう) (hitotsume kozō)

References

^ 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