郎 – vocab dash

Keyword

young guy

son
counter for sons

Frequency: #569
Strokes: 9
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 1995

Readings

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Mnemonic

In a small village, a farmhand in a white tank top flexes the arm of a bodybuilder at every passing cart; every grandma gossips about that young guy.

Stroke order

Composed of

白white 厶arm of a bodybuilder 阝small village

Used in kanji

廊corridor 榔betel palm tree

Used in vocabulary

野や郎ろう

guy; fellow; chap; buddy

Noun

プー太た郎ろう

unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant

Noun

三郎さぶろう

third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)

Noun

郎ろう

nth son; lang; official title in ancient China

Suffix

次じ郎ろう

second son

Noun

太た郎ろう

first son

Noun

桃もも太た郎ろう

Momotarō (Japanese folk tale and popular hero)

Noun

新しん郎ろう

bridegroom

Noun

金きん太た郎ろう

Kintarō; Golden Boy; folklore boy hero and defeater of demons; usu. depicted with a bob cut, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron; Kintarō doll; diamond-shaped apron

Noun

馬ば鹿か野や郎ろう

goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit

Noun

一いち太た郎ろう

Ichitarō; Ichitaro (word processing package)

Noun

女じょ郎ろう

prostitute (esp. Edo period)

Noun

女め郎ろう

bitch

Noun

藤四郎とうしろ

amateur; novice; layman

Noun

源げん五ご郎ろう

diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)

Noun

一いち族ぞく郎ろう党とう

one's family and followers; one's whole clan

Noun

金きん太た郎ろう飴あめ

Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced; something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)

Noun

女じょ郎ろう蜘蛛ぐも

jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata)

Noun

与よ太た郎ろう

Yotaro (rakugo character)

Noun

我わ郎ろ

boy; (male) servant; bastard; bitch; you

Noun

郎ろう党どう

vassals; retainers; followers