郎

Meaning

郎 centers on a male child or young man, especially in the context of sons. The counter sense is a natural extension for counting sons.

• 太郎たろう

  first son

• 野郎やろう

  guy; fellow; chap; buddy

• 郎ろう

  nth son

• 次郎じろう

  second son

• 三郎さぶろう

  third son

• 桃太郎ももたろう

  Momotarō (Japanese folk tale and popular hero)

• 新郎しんろう

  bridegroom

• 金太郎きんたろう

  Kintarō; Golden Boy; folklore boy hero and defeater of demons; usu. depicted with a bob cut, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron

• 馬鹿野郎ばかやろう

  goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit

• 一太郎いちたろう

  Ichitarō

• 女郎じょろう

  prostitute (esp. Edo period)

• 藤四郎とうしろ

  amateur; novice; layman

• 源五郎げんごろう

  diving beetle

• 一族郎党いちぞくろうとう

  one's family and followers; one's whole clan

• 金太郎飴きんたろうあめ

  Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced

• 女郎蜘蛛じょろうぐも

  jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata)

• 外郎ういろう

  sweet rice jelly

• 与太郎よたろう

  slow witted fellow; counter-hero; liar

• 我郎わろ

  boy; (male) servant

• プー太郎プーたろう

  unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant

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