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    3. 江戸っ子

    江戸っ子

    江え戸どっ​子こ

    (true) Tokyoite

    KMT8News #23+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab14 strokes

    江戸っ児江戸っこ

    えどっこ

    Noun

    1.
    (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは生きっ粋すいの江え戸どっ子こだ。

    He is a true Edokko.

    KMT6Culture & Traditions
    江え戸どっ子こは気きが短みじかくて、さっぱりした性せい格かくだと言いわれる。

    Edokko are said to be short-tempered and have a frank personality.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    江え戸どっ子こは宵よい越ごしの金かねは持もたないという粋いきな生いき方かたを好このむ。

    Edokko prefer a chic way of life where they don't hold onto money overnight.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsHistory
    昔むかしながらの江え戸どっ子この気き質しつは、現げん代だいの東とう京きょうでも脈みゃく々みゃくと受うけ継つがれている。

    The traditional Edokko spirit is still continuously passed down even in modern Tokyo.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    歌か舞ぶ伎きや落らく語ごは、江え戸どっ子この間あいだで特とくに愛あいされた芸げい能のうだった。

    Kabuki and Rakugo were performing arts especially loved by Edokko.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistoryMusic & Entertainment

    Characters that make up this word

    江
    え…(5)
    creek・inlet・bay
    Kanji
    戸
    と…(3)
    door・counter for houses・door radical (no. 63)
    Kanji
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    っ
    small tsu
    Kana
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