子泣き爺
Japanese
kanjitab
Definitions
- (Japanese folklore) Shapeshifting monster, 妖怪 (tr=yōkai), which for a ruse takes the form of either a helpless baby or tiny old man, crying near woodland trails and crushes passersby who stop to help as it transforms to devour them.
Etymology
Compound from Japanese 子 (child, small thing, a child, particle, baby, master, girl, object, w, junior, kid, diminutive suffix) + Japanese 泣 (cry)+ Japanese 爺 (old man).
Origin
Japanese
爺
Gloss
old man
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
翁
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ぶりっ子 Japanese
- ぼこ Japanese
- もやしっ子 Japanese
- チャリンコ Japanese
- テレビっ子 Japanese
- ドジっ子 Japanese
- 卵 Japanese
- 可愛い子ちゃん Japanese
- 女の子 Japanese
- 子 Japanese
- 子午線 Japanese
- 子烏 Japanese
- 子熊 Japanese
- 子牛 Japanese
- 子犬 Japanese
- 子等 Japanese
- 子羊 Japanese
- 子雀 Japanese
- 張り子 Japanese
- 彦 Japanese
- 従兄弟 Japanese
- 従姉妹 Japanese
- 擒 Japanese
- 檳榔子 Japanese
- 歩子 Japanese
- 水子 Japanese
- 泣 Japanese
- 爺 Japanese
- 男 Japanese
- 男の子 Japanese
- 穴子 Japanese
- 美和子 Japanese
- 老子 Japanese
- 舞妓 Japanese
- 舞子 Japanese
- 芸子 Japanese
- 苛めっ子 Japanese
- 蟻の子 Japanese
- 這子 Japanese
- 部屋子 Japanese
- 音子 Japanese
- удган Mongolian