Kanji1 / 9
郎 kanji
son, counter for sons
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ロウリョウ
Kun readings
おとこ
Variant forms
郒郞Words with 郎
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —大女郎蜘蛛golden web spider (Nephila pilipes)
- —キムチ野郎Korean; kimchi bastard
- —かぼちゃ野郎man with an unattractive, unusually shaped face
- —浦島太郎状態Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
- —トラック野郎trucker; lorry driver
- —桃太郎の誕生The Birth of Momotaro (book by Yanagita Kunio)
- —とっとこハム太郎Hamtaro (manga and storybook series by Ritsuko Kawai; media franchise)
- —明日やろうは馬鹿野郎never put off until tomorrow what you can do today; (he who says) 'let's do it tomorrow' is a moron
- —猫にまたたびお女郎に小判everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes
- —郎等vassals; retainers; followers
- —河郎kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
- —二郎second son
- —風太郎unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant; day labourer (esp. on the docks)
- —鯥五郎mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
- —女郎買buying the services of a prostitute; whoring
- —川太郎kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
- —籐四郎amateur; novice; layman
- —糞野郎son of a bitch; piece of shit
- —野郎共bastards; guys; lads
- —プー太郎unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant