竜の落とし子
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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”), from their resemblance to dragons.
First cited to a work from 1847.
Pronunciation
Noun
竜の落とし子 or 竜の落とし子 • (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
References
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “龍落子”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “竜の落し子”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN