もやしっこ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
萌やしっ子
もやしっ子

Etymology

From 萌(も)やし (moyashi, “beansprout”) + っ (-'-) + 子(こ) (ko, “child”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) もやしっこ [mòyáshíkkó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ja̠ɕik̚ko̞]

Noun

もやしっこ • (moyashikko) ←もやしつこ (moyasituko)?

  1. (informal) weakling child

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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