おとこ
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of
おとこ
– see the following entries.
【
男
】
1
[noun]
a
male
person
[noun]
(
specifically
)
a
man
, an
adult
male
[noun]
男
,
漢
:
(
specifically
)
a
manly
man
[noun]
a male
lover
[noun]
a
manservant
[noun]
a
husband
[noun]
(
obsolete
)
an
unmarried
young
man
[noun]
(
colloquial
)
homosexuality
[proper noun]
a
surname
Alternative spelling
漢
【
漢
】
3
[noun]
(
slang
)
rare spelling of
男
(
“
man
”
)
(This term,
おとこ
(
otoko
)
, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as
おとこ
, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おとこ.)