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読み方 こ

名詞

1

A child（複数―children）:（男の子）a boy; a son:（女の子）a girl; a daughter:（集合的に言えば）little one's; a family; offspring; issue

用例

• 彼は子持ちだ
  He has a family
  He is a family man.

• 子無し
  He has no family
  His issue fails.
• 彼は子を持ったことが無い
  He never had a family.
• あの女は子を持ったことが無い
  She never had a child.
• 子を持たぬ者は情けを知らぬ
  One who has no child knows not what love is.
• 子を持って知る親の恩
  One knows not what one owes to one's parents till one comes to have children of one's own.
• 夫婦は大勢子がある
  The couple have many children―a large family―a numerous offspring.
• 好い子がたくさんある
  They are blessed with many good children.
• 彼は子が無かった、男の子が無かった
  He died without issue―died without male issue.
• 先妻の子が三人ある
  He has three children by his first wife.
• 妾腹の子がある
  He has a child by a concubine.
• 子ができる、子が生まれる
  A child is born
  A baby is born.
• あの娘は子ができた
  She has a child
  She has become a mother.
• 二人の間に子ができた
  The couple had a child between them.
• 二人の間にできた子が有名な太郎
  The fruit of their union was the famous Taro.
• 子を産む
  to bear children―bring forth a child―give birth to a child―have a child
• 女は子を産む（役）
  Women bear children.
• 彼の細君は子を五人生んだ
  His wife bore him five children―gave him five children.
• 先妻は子を二人生んで死んだ
  His first wife died after giving birth to two children.
• あの女は子を七人生んだ
  She has seven children
  She is the mother of seven children.
• 七人の子を生むとも女に心を許すな
  Trust no woman even if she be the mother of seven children.
• あの女は子を生んだことが無い
  She never had a child.
• 子を生まない女
  a barren woman
  a sterile woman
• 子を生む年の女
  a woman of child-bearing age
• 彼女はもう子を生む年じゃない
  She is past the age of bearing.
• 子を孕む
  to conceive a child
• 子を孕んでいる
  She is （They are） with child―pregnant―in the family way―in an interesting condition.
• 腹の子
  a child in the womb
  an unborn child
• 女は罪人でも腹の子は罪がない
  The woman may be a criminal, but the child in her womb is innocent.
• 腹の子の始末はどうして下さる
  What are your intentions regarding her unborn child?
• 子を挙げる
  （女は）to bear a child―（男は）―beget a child
• （男が）子を設ける
  to beget a child―get a child
• 子を育てる
  to bring up a child―rear a child―raise a family
• 可愛い子は棒で育てろ
  “Spare the rod and spoil the child”.
• 可愛い子には旅をさせよ
  If you love your child, send him out into the world.
• 子を養う
  to feed one's little ones―provide for one's family
• 彼は大勢の子を養わねばならぬ
  He has a large family to provide for.
• 子を養うは親の義務
  It is the father's duty to provide for his children.
• 西洋では子が親を養う義務が無い
  In foreign countries, it does not lie upon the son to provide for his aged parents.
• 子は親に依頼する（養って貰う）
  Children depend on their parents （for support）.
• 子が親の世話になるのは当たり前だ
  It is quite natural that a child should depend on its parents.
• 親が子の世話をするのは当たり前だ
  It is proper that a father should care for his children.
• 子が親の手を離れる
  A child leaves its parents
  A son becomes independent of his father.
• 子を棄てる
  to expose a child
• 焼野の雉子夜の鶴、子を思わぬ親は無し
  All parents yearn for their children.
• 子に引かさるる親心
  The parent is drawn toward the child.
• 子に見ること親にしかず
  A parent is the best judge of his child.
• この父にしてこの子あり
  The son is worthy of the father
  Like father, like son.
• 子は夫婦のかすがい
  A child is the pledge of affection.
• 持つべきものは子なりけり
  What a blessing a child is!
• 子は子宝
  Children are a man's riches.
• 貧乏子だくさん
  “Children are the poor man's riches.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 律義者の子だくさん
  Grave men generally have large families.
• 死する子は眉目好し
  Fair is the child doomed to early death.
• 不具な子ほど可愛い
  A deformed child is all the dearer to its parents.
• ばかな子ほど可愛い
  A dunce is all the dearer to his parents.
• 盗人を捕えて見れば我が子なり
  I find the thief to be my own son.
• 人は神の子
  Man is the child of God.
• 子等は皆軍の
  The sons are, one and all, away
• 　庭に出ではてて
  To guard their fatherland;
• 　おきなやひとり
  The gray-haired sire alone is left
• 　山田もるらん
  The woodland farm to tend.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 貧乏子だくさん
  Poor people are prolific.

• 彼は誰の子だかわからない
  His paternity is unknown.
• 彼（女）は子ができた
  He rejoices in his fatherhood
  She rejoices in her motherhood.
• 三千世界に子を持った親の心は皆一つ
  Universal is parental love.
• 親が無くとも子は育つ
  “Nature is a good mother.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 子は親に似る
  “Life begets like.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 親を見習う子
  “As the old cock crows, the young one learns to crow.”【イディオム・格言的】
• あの先生は我が子のように生徒を愛する
  She has a mother's love for her pupils.
• 彼は我が子のように世話をした
  He was a second father to him.

2

（＝動物の子）young（は集合名詞）; young ones:（虎、獅子、熊、狼などの子）a cub; a whelp:（犬の子）a pup; a puppy; a whelp:（猫の子）a kitten:（馬の子）a foal:（牡は）a colt:（牝は）a filly:（牛の子）a calf:（羊の子）a lamb:（山羊の子）a kid:（鹿の子）a fawn:（魚の子）roe; spawn:（ひと腹の子）a litter （of pigs）

用例

• 動物が子を生む
  An animal brings forth its young―litters―whelps―A dog pups―A cat kittens―A mare foals―A cow calves―drops a calf―A sheep yeans―lambs―drops a lamb―A goat yeans―kids―drops a kid―A stag fawns―A tiger, a lion, a bear, or a wolf cubs―A fish spawns―spends spawn.

• うちの猫は子を五匹生んだ
  Our cat has five kittens.
• 鯡｛にしん｝は北海道の海岸へ群をなして子を生みに来る
  Herrings come in shoals to the coast of Hokkaido to spawn.
• （動物が）子を孕んでいる
  An animal is with young―A dog is in pup―A horse is in foal―with foal―A cow is in calf―with calf.

3

• 人は境遇の子である
  Man is the creature of circumstances.

4

（＝利息）interest

用例

• 元が子を生む
  Principal yields interest.

• 金に子を生ませる
  to lend out money at interest
• そうなると元も子も無くなってしまう
  Then all is lost.

読み方 ね

名詞

The rat （one of the twelve zodiacal signs）

• 子の年
  the year of the Rat

読み方 し

名詞

1

（＝こども）a child

• 三子を設く
  He had three children.

2

（＝子爵）a viscount

• 山川子
  Viscount Yamakawa.

代名詞

（＝男に対する汝）you