Japanese

Alternative forms

• 児ろ

Noun

子ろ ‎(hiragana ころ, romaji koro)

1. a child
2. a girl
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3351)

     筑波祢尓 由伎可母布良留 伊奈乎可母 加奈思吉児呂我 尓努保佐流可母

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3368)

     阿之我利能 刀比能可布知尓 伊豆流湯能 余尓母多欲良尓 故呂河伊波奈久尓

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3369)

     阿之我利乃 麻萬能古須氣乃 須我麻久良 安是加麻可左武 許呂勢多麻久良

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3424)

     之母都家野 美可母乃夜麻能 許奈良能須 麻具波思児呂波 多賀家可母多牟

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3473)

     左努夜麻尓 宇都也乎能登乃 等抱可騰母 祢毛等可児呂賀 於母尓美要都留

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 4431)

     佐左賀波乃 佐也久志毛用尓 奈々弁加流 去呂毛尓麻世流 古侶賀波太波毛

See also

• 子 (ko)
• 子ら (kora)
• 子な (kona)

References

• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240003-7, published 2002.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240004-4, published 2003.