also: さいじゅうけいてい · はいとこ
noun
A child of one's parent's first cousin. The common reading is はとこ; はいとこ is a Tohoku dialect form. Kanji spellings are rare and gender-specific.
See also: 又従兄弟 (またいとこ)
彼は私のはとこです。
He is my second cousin.
はとこ同士で集まった。
The second cousins got together.
Kanji form for male second cousins or mixed-gender groups; also read さいじゅうけいてい.
On-reading of the kanji form; rarely used.
Kanji form for female second cousins.
Irregular kanji form for a female and male second cousin pair.
Irregular kanji form for a male and female second cousin pair.
Tohoku dialect variant.
Compound of は (from はら, 'womb') and とこ (from ところ, 'place'), indicating a distant relative. The exact derivation is uncertain.