おつ

Japanese

Etymology

[wot-] → [ot-]. Traces exist in otoko, otome, and otona.

Verb

おつ (godan conjugation, rōmaji otsu, historical hiragana をつ)

  1. 復つ: to become young
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 847)
      和我佐可理 伊多久々　多知奴 久毛尓得夫 久須利波武等母 麻多遠知米也母
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 6, poem 1034)
      従古 人之言來流 老人之 變若云水曾 名尓負瀧之瀬
  2. 復つ: to be reborn
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 4, poem 650)
      吾妹児者 常世国尓 住家良思 昔見従 変若益尓家利
  3. 落つ, 墜つ, 堕つ: fall down, drop; fail an exam

Noun

おつ (rōmaji otsu)

  1. 乙: second party
  2. 乙: (slang) Short for お疲れ様.

Derived terms

References

  • Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, →ISBN.
  • Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Man’yōshū 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2000, →ISBN.
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