江戸っ子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
江 戸 子
え
Grade: S		 と > ど
Grade: 2		 こ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 江戸 (Edo, “Yeddo”, ancient name for Tokyo) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”). Literally “Tokyo's child”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) えどっこ [èdókkó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [e̞do̞k̚ko̞]

Noun

江戸っ子 (hiragana えどっこ, rōmaji edokko)

  1. A true Tokyoite: one who was born and raised in the Japanese capital and whose parents are from Tokyo. One whose family has been from Tokyo for generations.

Descendants

See also

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.