こせがれ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
小卒
小倅
小せがれ

Etymology

小(こ) (ko, “little”) + 倅(せがれ) (segare, “one's own son”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こせ​がれ [kòséꜜgàrè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞se̞ɡa̠ɾe̞]

Noun

こせがれ • (kosegare) 

  1. (derogatory, familiar) you little bastard, you little brat
  2. (humble) one's own son

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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