# 子供
## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 子 | 供 |
| こ Grade: 1 | とも > ども Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 子ども

### Etymology

From Old Japanese, though at the time it was exclusively plural. From 子 (ko, “child”) +‎ 共 (-domo, plural suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こども [kòdómó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞do̞mo̞]

### Noun

子(こ)供(ども) • (kodomo) (counter 人)
* child
** 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)63(ろくじゅうさん)話(わ)　幼(おさな)い記(き)憶(おく) [Chapter 63: Childish Memories]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 100:
    アンタ…か　記(き)憶(おく)が戻(もど)った今(いま)となってはちょっと惜(お)しい気(き)もするよなハァ？ルミナさんって呼(よ)んで子(こ)供(ども)の様(よう)に無(む)邪(じゃ)気(き)で可(か)愛(わい)かったのに…な……子(こ)供(ども)……かそうね…まさに目(め)も耳(みみ)も塞(ふさ)いで怯(おび)えた子(こ)供(ども)
       Anta… ka Kioku ga modotta ima to natte wa chotto oshii ki mo suru yo na
       Man, it kinda bums me out now that your memories have recovered.
       Hā?
       Why?
       Rumina-santte yonde kodomo no yō ni mujaki de kawaikatta no ni
       ’Cos you were so cute and innocent, like a child. You even called me Rumina-san.
       …Na… …Kodomo…… ka
       …Wha… Like a child…?
       Sō ne… Masa ni me mo mimi mo fusaide obieta kodomo
       Yeah… a child who shut her eyes and covered her ears every time she got scared.
** 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)63(ろくじゅうさん)話(わ)　幼(おさな)い記(き)憶(おく) [Chapter 63: Childish Memories]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, pages 109–110:
    だからこそ私(わたし)は忘(わす)れない被(ひ)験(けん)者(しゃ)の存(そん)在(ざい)を！当(とう)時(じ)地下世界(アンダーグラウンド)で広(ひろ)く実(じっ)施(し)されていたメディカルチェックを基(もと)に条(じょう)件(けん)を満(み)たす10(じゅう)人(にん)の子(こ)供(ども)を集(あつ)めた　彼(かれ)等(ら)は我(われ)々(われ)の期(き)待(たい)に応(こた)えプロジェクトを成(せい)功(こう)に導(みちび)いた
       Dakara koso watashi wa wasurenai hikensha no sonzai o! Tōji Andāguraundo de hiroku jisshi sarete ita medikaru chekku o moto ni jōken o mitasu jū-nin no kodomo o atsumeta Karera wa wareware no kitai ni kotae purojekuto o seikō ni michibiita
       That’s why I could never forget them, the subjects! At the time, we set up medical checks all over the Underground. And we managed to gather ten children that met the original requirements. They helped guide our project to the success we had hoped.
** 2011 August 13, “ベビードラゴン [Baby Dragon]”, in Beginner's Edition 1, Konami:
    こどもドラゴンとあなどってはいけない。うちに秘(ひ)める力(ちから)は計(はか)り知(し)れない。
       Kodomo doragon to anadotte wa ikenai. Uchi ni himeru chikara wa hakarishirenai.
       He’s not just a baby dragon, as his potentials are immeasurable.

#### Synonyms

* お子(こ)さん (okosan): your/someone's child
* お子様(こさま) (okosama): your/someone's child (more polite)
* (Tohoku region) わらし (warashi)

#### See also

* 少(しょう)年(ねん) (shōnen): young boy
* 少(しょう)女(じょ) (shōjo): young girl
* 青(せい)年(ねん) (seinen): young man
* 女(じょ)性(せい) (josei): lady (adult woman)

### References

* ↑ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN