あかご

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
赤子
赤児

Etymology

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Attested from the 11th century. From the reddish appearance of newborns;[1] compare 赤ん坊 (akanbo), 赤ちゃん (aka-chan). Alternatively, perhaps a shift from obsolete 嬰孩 (angko “baby”) or アッ孫 (akko “grandchild”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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あかご (akagoあかご (akago)?

  1. baby

Synonyms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN