子し

noun

child (esp. a boy)

Used in classical or formal contexts; in modern Japanese, 子 is usually read こ for 'child'.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「子し」を「し」と読よんで男おとこの子こを指さすことがある。

  In old texts, 子 is sometimes read し and refers to a boy.

noun

viscount

Abbreviation of 子爵 (ししゃく). Used in historical or peerage contexts.

See also: 子爵

• 彼かれの先せん祖ぞは子しだったと聞きいた。

  I heard his ancestor was a viscount.

noun

master; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius)

Honorific title for great thinkers, especially Confucius (孔子). Also used for founders of philosophical schools.

• 孔こう子しは「子し」と尊そん称しょうされる。

noun

masters and philosophers (category of Chinese classical literature)

Refers to the 'masters' category in Chinese classics, as in 諸子百家 (the Hundred Schools of Thought).

See also: 諸子百家

• 諸しょ子し百ひゃっ家かの「子し」は思し想そう家かを意い味みする。

pronoun

you (archaic, to equals)

Archaic second-person pronoun used among equals. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 漢かん文ぶんでは「子し」を二に人にん称しょうとして使つかうことがある。

noun, used as a suffix

-er (suffix for a person devoted to something)

Noun suffix indicating a person characterized by the preceding word, often with a nuance of spending all their time on it. E.g., 遊び子 (playboy).

• 彼かれは遊あそび子こで、毎まい晩ばんクラブに行いっている。

counter

counter for played stones (go)

Used in the game of Go to count stones played. See also 目 (もく).

See also: 目 (もく)

• この対たい局きょくでは、黒くろが３子し多おおい。