べろ

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Japanese

Etymology

Attested in the mid-Edo period.

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Pronunciation

Noun

べろ or ベロ (bero

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) the tongue
    Synonym: (shita)
  2. (by extension) an object shaped like a tongue
  3. (by extension, historical, colloquial) Synonym of 小判 (koban): a small oval gold coin with a face value of one ryō
  4. (regional, colloquial) a cow
    Synonym: べこ (beko)

Derived terms

References

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