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息子

むすこ

noun

Meanings

1(humble) son
2son
3penis

Example sentence

息子を亡くした夫婦に誰もが同情した。

Everyone sympathized with the parents about their son's death.

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Kanji in this word

息Breath, Respiration, Son10 strokes 子Child, Sign Of The Rat, 11pm-1am3 strokes

More words with 息

窒息ちっそく · suffocationN1 利息りそく · interest (bank)N1 一息ひといき · a breathN1 溜息ためいき · a sighN2 息いき · breath

Full entry on Jisho

N3

休息きゅうそく · restN3

喘息ぜんそく · asthma

子息しそく · (hon.) sonN1

More words with 子

原子げんし · atomN1 分子ぶんし · numeratorN1 餡子あんこ · red bean paste 障子しょうじ · paper sliding doorN2 末っ子すえっこ · youngest childN2 扇子せんす · folding fanN2 お子さんおこさん · (someone else's) child (polite)N4

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