Meaning of Er in Japanese

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Definition of Er

  1. (n, n-suf) child
  2. young (animal)
  3. young woman; young geisha
  4. offshoot
  5. interest →Related words: 元も子もない
  6. new shares →Related words: 子株
  7. bird egg
  8. (n-suf) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)
  1. (suf) -ian (e.g. Italian, etc.) (attaches to name of country to denote nationality); -er (e.g. performer, etc.) (attaches to name of occupation)

    200人の人が昨年コレラで死んだ。
    Two hundred people died of cholera last year.

  2. (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

    アメリカでは、犯罪人を収容する刑務所のための場所以上に犯罪人がいるのでいつも刑務所は定員オーバーの状態である。
    In the U.S., there are more prisoners than there is jail space for them. So the prisons are overcrowded.

いいえ(iie) · いいや(iiya) · いえ(ie) · いな(ina) · いや(iya)

否 Kanji Details

  1. (int) no; nay
  2. well; er; why
  1. (n) emergency room; ER; casualty department
(shi)

子 Kanji Details

  1. (n) child (esp. a boy)
  2. viscount →Related words: 子爵
  3. master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius)
  4. philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings →Related words: 諸子百家
  5. you (of one's equals)
  6. (n-suf) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)
(ka)

家 Kanji Details

  1. (suf) -ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.); -er →Related words: 政治家

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