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やっこ

nounnoun (generic)abbreviationarchaicderogatorypronoun

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Meanings

  • servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
  • chivalrous man (Edo period)
  • cubed tofu (often served cold)
  • kite shaped like an Edo-period footman
  • Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
  • enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)
  • he, she, him, her

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Example sentences

やっこ昨日きのうから姿すがたせていない。

He hasn't shown his face since yesterday.

やっこのことは信用しんようできないとみなった。

Everyone said that guy couldn't be trusted.

江戸えど時代じだいやっこ武士ぶしともをする役目やくめになっていた。

In the Edo period, a yakko served the role of accompanying a samurai.

なつあつにはつめたいやっこ豆腐どうふ格別かくべつにおいしい。

On hot summer days, cold cubed tofu is exceptionally delicious.

あのやっこめ、またしても約束やくそくやぶりおったか。

That scoundrel has broken his promise yet again, has he?