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Japanese
Etymology 1
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- the second of the ten Celestial Stems
- something B
- the second item of any ordered list
- (music) one tone lower than the note indicated by 甲 (kō, “something A”)
- (by extension from the musical sense) a lower, sonorous and moving sound or tone
- (noh theater) in noh musical accompaniment, a specific kind of muffled drum beat played by striking the head of the taiko drum and keeping the mallet pressed against the head
- (Kansai dialect, slang) a stupid person, someone who is slow on the uptake
- (rare, possibly archaic) the state or circumstances of a thing
- (rare, possibly archaic) dressing up in an odd fashion
- out of the ordinary, strange or unusual in an interesting or stylish way
- strange, odd, weird
- (Internet slang) Clipping of お疲れ様です (otsukaresama desu).
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(This term, おつ (otsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as おつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おつ.)
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of おつ – see the following entry.
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(This term, おつ (otsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as おつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おつ.)
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Old Japanese
Verb
おつ (otu)
- 落つ, 堕つ, 墜つ: to fall down, drop