おつ

Japanese

Etymology

[wot-] > [ot-]. Traces exist in otoko, otome, and otona.

Verb

おつ (godan conjugation, romaji otsu, historical hiragana をつ)

1. 復つ: to become young
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 5, poem #847)

     和我佐可理 伊多久々　多知奴 久毛尓得夫 久須利波武等母 麻多遠知米也母

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 6, poem #1034)

     従古 人之言來流 老人之 變若云水曾 名尓負瀧之瀬

2. 復つ: to be reborn
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 4, poem #650)

     吾妹児者 常世国尓 住家良思 昔見従 変若益尓家利

3. 落つ, 墜つ, 堕つ: fall down, drop; fail an exam

Noun

おつ (romaji otsu)

1. 乙: second party
2. 乙: (slang) Abbreviation of お疲れ様.

Derived terms

• 男 (おとこ, otoko): man
• 乙女 (おとめ, otome): young lady
• 大人 (おとな, otona): adult

References

• 1999 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man'yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240001-8:
• 2000 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Man'yōshū 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240002-6: