Words
Words with 子
Kanji 子, meaning child, appears in 2,568 Japanese vocabulary entries.
四拍子
よんびょうし
the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)
子で子にならぬほととぎす
こでこにならぬほととぎす
no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child
子安
こやす
guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)
子忌み
ねいみ
collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)