竜の落とし子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
竜	落	子
たつ Grade: S	お Grade: 3	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
龍の落とし子 (kyūjitai) 竜の落し子竜の落子竜落子

Etymology

Compound of 竜 (tatsu, “dragon”) +‎ の (no, “'s”) +‎ 落とし子 (otoshigo, “illegitimate child”),^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] from their resemblance to dragons.

First cited to a work from 1847.^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たつのおとしご [tàtsú nó ótóshígó] (Heiban – [0])^[4]^[5]
(Tokyo) たつのおとしご [tàtsú nó ótóshíꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [6])^[4]^[5]^[6]
IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡sɨ no̞ o̞to̞ɕiɡo̞]

Noun

竜(たつ)の落(お)とし子(ご) or 竜(タツ)の落(オ)とし子(ゴ) • (tatsu no otoshigo)

a crowned seahorse
(by extension) a sea horse (fish)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as タツノオトシゴ (tatsunōtoshigo).

Synonyms

海(ウミ)馬(ウマ) (umiuma); 海(カイ)馬(バ) (kaiba)
馬(ウマ)魚(ウオ) (umauo)

References

^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “龍落子”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “竜の落し子”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

[K-1] Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

[KDJ2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 “龍落子”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DDJS-3] “竜の落し子”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-6] 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

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