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女の子
おんなのこ
Common word
N5
Expressions
girl; daughter; baby girl · young woman
男の子
おとこのこ
Common word
N5
Expressions
boy; son; baby boy · young man
我が子
わがこ
Expressions
one's own child; one's own children
虎の子
とらのこ
Expressions
tiger cub · one's treasure; precious savings
風の子
かぜのこ
Expressions
children who play outside energetically; kids who don't mind the cold
三つ子の魂百まで
みつごのたましいひゃくまで
Expressions
a leopard cannot change its spots; the child is father to the man
上の子
うえのこ
Expressions
older child; elder child
下の子
したのこ
Expressions
younger child; youngest child
人の子
ひとのこ
Expressions
someone's child; human being · other people's children · the Son of Man; Christ
元も子もない
もともこもない
Expressions
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost both the principal and the interest
入れ子にする
いれこにする
Expressions
nest; place one inside another
六十の三つ子
ろくじゅうのみつご
Expressions
an old man is twice a child
大人は赤子の心を失わず
たいじんはせきしのこころをうしなわず
Expressions
great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people
みにくいアヒルの子
みにくいあひるのこ
Expressions
ugly duckling
いい子
いいこ
Expressions
good boy; good girl
いい子ちゃん
いいこちゃん
Expressions
goody-goody; teacher's pet; goody two-shoes
いい子にする
いいこにする
Expressions
behave well; be a good child
いい子になる
いいこになる
Expressions
act like a good kid; be on one's best behavior; take all the credit
子は三界の首枷
こはさんがいのくびかせ
Expressions
a child is an everlasting responsibility
子供の手の届かない
こどものてのとどかない
Expressions
out of reach of children; childproof
子供は３歳までに一生分の親孝行をする
こどもはさんさいまでにいっしょうぶんのおやこうこうをする
Expressions
children pay back their debt to their parents in full by age 3 (through their cuteness)
子どもは風の子
こどもはかぜのこ
Expressions
children don't feel the cold; kids are immune to the cold
子供騒げば雨が降る
こどもさわげばあめがふる
Expressions
if children make noise outside, it will rain
子で子にならぬほととぎす
こでこにならぬほととぎす
Expressions
a foster child never truly becomes one's own
子を宿す
こをやどす
Expressions
to be pregnant; to be with child
子を持って知る親の恩
こをもってしるおやのおん
Expressions
becoming a parent makes you appreciate your own parents
かわいい子には旅をさせよ
かわいいこにはたびをさせよ
Expressions
spare the rod and spoil the child; let your darling child travel
子どもの村
こどものむら
Expressions
children's village
子を見ること親に如かず
こをみることおやにしかず
Expressions
the parent is the best judge of the child
子は親の鏡
こはおやのかがみ
Expressions
children are a reflection of their parents
子は鎹
こはかすがい
Expressions
children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together
宝の子
たからのこ
Expressions
treasured child; beloved child
寝る子は育つ
ねるこはそだつ
Expressions
sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child
寝た子を起こす
ねたこをおこす
Expressions
wake a sleeping dog; disturb the water; stir up trouble
張り子の虎
はりこのとら
Expressions
papier-mâché tiger toy · paper tiger; all bark and no bite
木の子
きのこ
Expressions
kinoko; mountain-dwelling demon resembling a child
梯子を外される
はしごをはずされる
Expressions
be left high and dry; be abandoned by one's supporters; have the rug pulled from under one
死んだ子の年を数える
しんだこのとしをかぞえる
Expressions
crying over spilt milk; dwelling on the past
この母にしてこの子あり
このははにしてこのこあり
Expressions
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like mother, like child
泣く子と地頭には勝てぬ
なくことじとうにはかてぬ
Expressions
you can't win against a crying child or a feudal lord
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