末すえっ子こ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Refers to the youngest child in a family. Often carries connotations of being spoiled or pampered.

He is the youngest of three siblings.

末すえっ子こはいつも甘あまやかされがちだ。

The youngest child tends to be spoiled.

〈人ひと〉は末すえっ子こだto be the youngest child (in a family)
彼かの女じょは三さん人にん兄きょう弟だいの末すえっ子こだ。
She's the youngest of three siblings.
末すえっ子ことして育そだつto grow up as the youngest child
彼かれは末すえっ子ことして育そだち、いつも家か族ぞくに甘あまやかされていた。
He grew up as the youngest child and was always spoiled by his family.

弟おとN1
弟 (おと) was once used archaically for the youngest child in a family, a sense now expressed by 末っ子.
末すえN3
末っ子 is the standalone noun for the youngest child, while 末 is used adjectivally in phrases such as 末の娘.

長ちょう男なんN3
末っ子 is the youngest child (either gender), while 長男 specifically means the eldest son, so they sit at opposite ends of birth order.

末すえ娘むすめ
末っ子 is gender-neutral for the youngest child, whereas 末娘 specifically means the youngest daughter.
一人ひとりっ子こN3
末っ子 means the youngest of multiple siblings, while 一人っ子 means an only child with no siblings at all.

人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).

Developed from 末子（すえこ）, “youngest child,” through consonant gemination before 子, producing すえっこ.