EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant

    Colloquial

    しばらくプータローしていて、迷ってたんです。勢いで辞表出しちゃったけど、本当は我慢して続けるべきだったのかな、って。
    Having idled jobless for a while I wavered. I'd rushed into handing in my notice but maybe I should have endured it and kept going...
  2. day labourer (esp. on the docks)

Also written ぷー太郎【ぷーたろう】風太郎【ぷうたろう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

plump, thick, big around

Kun
ふと.いふと.る
On
タイ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
552 of 2500
Radical
big
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

おおたかひろ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-1, 4-4-4SKIP code
0a4.18The Kanji Dictionary
4003.0Four corner code
1463deroo
592aUnicode hex code
1-34-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1172Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1137New Nelson (John Haig)
2152New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2673Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1360Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1846Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
120Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
126Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
343A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
105Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
508Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5834Morohashi
164A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
629Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
639Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
269sakade
151Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
181henshall3
98Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
257crowley
124Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
409Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
121Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tai4Pinyin reading
taeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

son, counter for sons

Kun
おとこ
On
ロウリョウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
569 of 2500
Radical
city
WaniKani
Level 27

Built from

Used in names as

いらとうもんろお

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-6-3, 1-6-2SKIP code
2d6.5The Kanji Dictionary
3772.7Four corner code
844deroo
90ceUnicode hex code
1-47-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4762Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6138New Nelson (John Haig)
1289New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1641Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
867Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1851Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1995Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
237A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1145Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
955Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39405PMorohashi
1936A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
980Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1014Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1827Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1300Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
264crowley
546Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
757Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1868Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lang2, lang4Pinyin reading
rangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level