黒子

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほくろ
Grade: 2 Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
黑子 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

Sound shift from now archaic reading 黒子(ははくそ) (hahakuso), possibly from obsolete ()(くそ) (hakuso, burnt ash).[1] Attested as ほくろ from the 17th century; readings of ははくそ and はくそ are both attested from the 9th century. Other historical readings include ははくろ (hahakuro, 13th century) and ほうくろ (hōkuro, 13th to 15th century).[1]

Noun

黒子(ほくろ) or 黒子(ホクロ) (hokuro

  1. a mole or nevus containing more melanin than surrounding skin
    • 1982, Miura Ayako, Teiryū chitai, page 3:
      (よし)()(みぎ)(みみ)たぶには(おお)きなほくろがあったことを(おも)()し、(こう)(さく)(みみ)たぶを()た。
      Yoshiko no migi no mimitabu ni wa ōki na hokuro ga atta koto o omoidashi, Kōsaku wa mimitabu o mita.
      Remembering that Yoshiko had a large mole on her right earlobe, Kosaku looked at the earlobe.
    • 1999, Miyazawa Michi, Ninsō shindan, page 137:
      ホクロには()きボクロ()にボクロがありますが、()(ほん)(てき)にはエネルギーバランスが()(じょう)()()(あらわ)れます。
      Hokuro ni wa ikibokuro to shinibokuro ga arimasu ga, kihonteki ni wa enerugī baransu ga kajō na bui ni arawaremasu.
      Moles can be divided into life moles and death moles, but fundamentally they reveal an excess of energy balance in some part of the body.
    • 2021, CHAI (lyrics and music), “チョコチップかもね”, in WINK (overall work in Japanese and English) ft. Ric Wilson:
      ほくろはチョコチップかもね
      Hokuro wa chokochippu ka mo ne
      Moles might be like chocolate chips
  2. short for 入黒子 (irebokuro): a beauty spot drawn or placed on the face
Usage notes

Usually written in kana.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
くろ
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
黑子 (kyūjitai)

Sound change from 黒衣 (kurogo).

Noun

(くろ)() (kuroko

  1. stagehand in kabuki and bunraku (who dresses fully in black)
Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN