Where does “ぶりっ子” come from?
ぶりっ子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 子, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.
ぶりっ子 (Japanese): cutie pie, a woman who performs a stylized, child-like cuteness
Definitions
- cutie pie, a woman who performs a stylized, child-like cuteness
Ancestry of “ぶりっ子”, step by step
ぶりっ子 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 子
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 子 | a child; a girl, especially a dear or desired... |
| 2 | Japanese | 鼠 | a mouse or a rat; general term for members of... |
| 3 | Japanese | nezumi | — |
via Japanese 振り
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 振り | swing; false pretense; pretending; setup line... |
| 2 | Japanese | 振る | to shake; to wave; to wag; to swing; to move... |
Words derived from “ぶりっ子”