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Japanese
赤ちゃん on Japanese Wikipedia
Etymology
Compound of 赤 (aka, “red”) + ちゃん (-chan, familiarizing suffix).[1][2][3]
Compare 赤ん坊 (akanbō) and 赤子 (akago), both of which also allude to the reddish complexion of a newborn. Compare also the similar formation of Malay anak merah (literally “child + red”).
First cited to a text from 1856 or 1857.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
赤ちゃん • (aka-chan)
- a baby, an infant (human or animal)
- 赤ちゃんと僕
- Aka-chan to Boku
- Baby & Me
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- きっと十一の子よ‼十一とあの白い犬との赤ちゃんよ!
- Kitto Toichi no ko yo‼ Toichi to ano shiroi inu to no aka-chan yo!
- These must be Toichi’s puppies!! They’re Toichi and that white dog’s babies!
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- このバカモノ‼ポッポはまだ赤ちゃんなんだぞ〰〰‼
- Kono bakamono‼ Poppo wa mada aka-chan na n da zo~~‼
- You moron!! Poppo’s still an infant!!
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “赤ちゃん”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “赤ちゃん”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN