Keyword
young guy
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1995
Old form郞
Readings
ろう
(98%)
ろ
(1%)
Composed of
white
arm of a bodybuilder
small village
Used in kanji (2 in total)
corridor
betel palm tree
Used in vocabulary (106 in total)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
son of a bitch; piece of shit
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
bastards; guys; lads
servant; valet; menial
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
bastards; guys; lads
vassals; retainers; followers
Kintarō; Golden Boy; Kintarō doll; diamond-shaped apron
son of a bitch; piece of shit
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
son of a bitch; piece of shit
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata)
(arch.) slow witted fellow; (arch.) counter-hero; (arch.) lie; (arch.) nonsense; Yotaro (rakugo character)
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
golden lace (Patrinia scabiosifolia); scabious patrinia; yellow patrinia
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant
Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced; something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)
boy; (male) servant; bastard; bitch; you
young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.); husband; (male) lover; dear
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; day labourer (esp. on the docks)
buying the services of a prostitute; whoring
sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine used as an antitussive and a breath freshener
amateur; novice; layman
it's good to have a girl first and then a boy; one girl and two boys are ideal
stupid brat; mischievous kid; troublemaker
throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself
libertine; man of pleasure
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
brothel tout; pimp
Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
vassals; retainers; followers
trucker; lorry driver
hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
buying the services of a prostitute; whoring
Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced; something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)
Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri); white crucian carp
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today; (lit.) (he who says) 'let's do it tomorrow' is a moron
man with an unattractive, unusually shaped face
man with an unattractive, unusually shaped face
low class licensed prostitute (Edo period)
Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced; something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)
prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant
The Birth of Momotaro (book by Yanagita Kunio)
amateur; novice; layman
prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
man with an unattractive, unusually shaped face
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
boy; (male) servant; bastard; bitch; you
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
Carassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)
flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)
flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)
jiro (variety of sweet Japanese persimmon)
Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)
day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year)
astronomical expert
low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)
prostitute of the second rank (below the tayū; Edo period)
low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
first lunar month
sickness back; motion sickness bag
everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; (lit.) catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes
everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; (lit.) catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes
Korean; (lit.) kimchi bastard
low-class language; vulgar words
Eijiro (digital English-Japanese dictionary)
golden web spider (Nephila pilipes)
Examples (22 in total)
That bastard tried to kill me.
I saw two guys kissing each other in the hallway.
Come to think of it, I did see Taro.