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やっこ
Meanings
Noun
1. servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
2. chivalrous man (Edo period)
3. cubed tofu (often served cold)
4. kite shaped like an Edo-period footman
5. Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
6. enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)
Archaic
Pronoun
Derogatory
7. he; she; him; her
Alt. forms
やっこ
96%
ヤッコ
2%
奴やっこ
Pitch accent
や
っこ
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Used in: 108
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
cold tofu
cold tofu
cold tofu
kite shaped like an Edo-period footman
petty underling; small fry
persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period)
Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
low-ranking samurai
bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)
sickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period)
person sporting an itobin hairstyle