老頭児

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老 頭 児
ろう > ろー
Grade: 4 		と
Grade: 2 		る
Grade: 4
irregular
Alternative spelling
老頭兒 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 老頭兒 / 老头儿 (lǎotóur).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ロートル [ròótórú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ロートル [róꜜòtòrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːto̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

老頭児(ロートル) • (rōtoru) 

  1. (dated, often self-deprecating) an old fart

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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