現代っ子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	代	子
げん Grade: 5	だい Grade: 3	こ Grade: 1
goon		kun’yomi

Etymology

現代 (“modern”) +‎ っ子 (“child; person”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんだいっこ [gèńdáíkkó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞nda̠ik̚ko̞]

• (Tokyo) げんだい​っこ [gèńdáíꜜkkò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞nda̠ik̚ko̞]

Noun

現(げん)代(だい)っ子(こ) • (gendaikko) 

1. (often derogatory) a young person born in the modern era; "kids these days"

   Hypernym: 現代人