現代っ子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現 代 子
げん
Grade: 5 		だい
Grade: 3 		こ
Grade: 1
goon kun'yomi

Etymology

現代 (“modern”) +‎ っ子 (“child; person”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げんだいっこ [gèńdáíkkó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞nda̠ik̚ko̞]
  • (Tokyo) げんだいっこ [gèńdáíꜜkkò] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞nda̠ik̚ko̞]

Noun

現(げん)代(だい)っ子(こ) • (gendaikko) 

  1. (often derogatory) a young person born in the modern era; "kids these days"
    Hypernym: 現代人
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