江戸っ子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
江	戸	子
え Grade: S	と > ど Grade: 2	こ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
江戶っ子 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 江戸 (Edo, ancient name for Tokyo) +‎ 子 (-ko, “child”). Literally “Tokyo's child”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えどっこ [èdókkó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞do̞k̚ko̞]

Noun

江(え)戸(ど)っ子(こ) • (edokko) 

1. A true Tokyoite: one who was born and raised in the Japanese capital and whose parents are from Tokyo. One whose family has been from Tokyo for generations.

Descendants

• Italian: edochiano

See also

• 都(と)民(みん) (tomin)

Further reading

• edokko on Wikipedia.Wikipedia