Word Meaning 小僧

こぞう kozou

小僧 is read as こぞう (kozou) and means young Buddhist monk.

Meaning

English

young Buddhist monk
young bonze
young shop-boy
errand boy
apprentice
youngster
boy
kid

Reading

Kana

こぞう

Romaji

kozou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 13295 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

小便小僧

しょうべんこぞう

Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain)

小僧子

こぞっこ

brat

一つ目小僧

ひとつめこぞう

one-eyed goblin

カメラ小僧

かめらこぞう

photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions

門前の小僧

もんぜんのこぞう

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

悪たれ小僧

あくたれこぞう

bad boy

弁天小僧

べんてんこぞう

Benten Kozō (main character of the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)

腕白小僧

わんぱくこぞう

naughty boy

悪戯小僧

いたずらこぞう

mischievous boy

唐傘小僧

からかさこぞう

karakasa-obake

洟垂れ小僧

はなたれこぞう

snot-nosed kid

膝小僧

ひざこぞう

kneecap

Example Sentences

生意気な小僧がよ。

Cheeky little boy!

四十五十は鼻たれ小僧。

A 40- or 50-year-old is a snot-nosed brat.

トムはわんぱく小僧なんだ。

Tom is a naughty boy.

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む。

A saint's maid quotes Latin.

子どもの頃「四つ目小僧」とからかわれたことがあります。

As a child, I was teased by being called "four-eyes".

小便小僧の本家本元は、ベルギー・ブリュッセルにあるジュリアン君です。

The inspiration for Manneken Pis was a boy named Julian from Brussels, Belgium.

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