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郎 means 'husband'
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On リョウ
Kun おとこ son, counter for sons
Name いら お とう もん ろ ろお
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This kanji lets us in on the private lives of celebrities such as baseball player Ichiro Suzuki. When a Japanese man's name ends in -郎, it tells us about his family composition! Although 郎 has strong connections to goodness, it helps us deride men as jerks and "bad boys." On the flip side, words such as 太郎 enable us to speak of "the greatest," as in enormously tall trees.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 郎 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 郎 is used 56 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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ロウ
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noun
1. guy; fellow; chap; buddynoun, pronoun
2. bastard; asshole; arsehole; son of a bitch (male term or language; derogatory; slang)(click the word for examples and links)
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noun
1. boy (sometimes derog.) (archaic)pronoun
2. you (familiar language)(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 1 form, examples and links)
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