Word Meaning 弁天小僧

べんてんこぞう bentenkozou

弁天小僧 is read as べんてんこぞう (bentenkozou) and means Benten Kozō (main character of the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

べんてんこぞう

Romaji

bentenkozou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 82936 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

弁天

べんてん

Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)

弁才天

べざいてん

Benzaiten

小僧

こぞう

young Buddhist monk

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

小便小僧

しょうべんこぞう

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

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