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小僧 こぞう

  1. boy; brat; kid; lad; youngster
  2. young Buddhist monk; young bonze
  3. apprentice; errand boy; young shop-boy

小僧っ子 こぞっこ

  1. brat; child; green youth; greenhorn; novice

いたずら小僧 いたずらこぞう

  1. mischievous boy

小便小僧 しょうべんこぞう

  1. Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain); Petit Julien

膝小僧 ひざこぞう

  1. kneecap

一つ目小僧 ひとつめこぞう

  1. one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster

洟垂れ小僧 はなたれこぞう

  1. snot-nosed kid

腕白小僧 わんぱくこぞう

  1. brat; little rascal; mischievous boy; naughty boy

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ

  1. a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught; you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

カメラ小僧 カメラこぞう

  1. photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions
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