Word Meaning 子守

こもり komori

子守 is read as こもり (komori) and means looking after a baby.

Meaning

English

  1. looking after a baby
  2. taking care of a baby
  3. babysitting
  4. babysitter

Reading

Kana

こもり

Romaji

komori

Writing Variants

  • 子守り こもり komori

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 9642 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

子守歌

こもりうた

lullaby

子守熊

こもりぐま

koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

子守蛙

こもりがえる

Surinam toad (Pipa pipa)

子守蜘蛛

こもりぐも

wolf spider (any spider of family Lycosidae)

子守鮫

こもりざめ

nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)

子供

こども

child

子猫

こねこ

kitten

子供達

こどもたち

children

子役

こやく

child actor

子息

しそく

(another's) son

子供心

こどもごころ

childlike mind

子供用

こどもよう

for use by children

Example Sentences

7

Sing me a lullaby.

Tom is babysitting.

Ann sang a lullaby for her little sister.

I need to find somebody who can babysit on Friday nights.

I am supposed to babysit the children tonight.

Tom asked Mary to babysit John.

Sometimes the old landlady would come by and said "That child doesn't cry", but it was that my babysitting was godly.