noun:

• Kintaro; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength - childhood name of late-Heian warrior Sakata no Kintoki
• Kintaro doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron)
• diamond-shaped apron

noun:

• apprentice; shop boy ➜ 弟子【でし】

noun:

• young monk; boy monk

expression:

• you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught) [literal] - proverb - abbreviation ➜ 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】

noun:

• (your) beloved son; cute boy

interjection:

• Aaah!; Oooh!; Oh No!; Oh Boy!; expression of despair, resignation, boredom, disgust, etc. ➜ 嗚呼【ああ】

interjection:

• Aah!; Ooh!; Oh No!; Oh Boy!; expression of despair, resignation, boredom, disgust, etc. ➜ 嗚呼【ああ】

noun:

• alumnus (alumnae); graduate; old boy (girl)
• former member of an organization
• former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

noun:

• Uho Doji (divine rain-making boy) - Buddhism term

noun:

• child (esp. a boy)
• viscount ➜ 子爵
• master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius) - honorific language
• philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings ➜ 諸子百家
• you (of one's equals) - archaism

suffix noun:

• -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• hard-liners; diehards; hawks

noun / adjectival noun:

• (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; man's man

noun:

• hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

noun / adjectival noun:

• strait-laced type (with respect to relationships)

noun:

• bullish traders

noun:

• errand; mission; going as envoy ➜ 使いにやる
• messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl
• familiar spirit ➜ 使い魔

suffix noun / prefix noun:

• use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer - often read as づかい when used as a suffix ➜ 魔法使い

noun:

• brass button; golden button
• boy's school uniform - colloquialism
• male student - colloquialism

noun:

• errand; mission; going as envoy - polite language ➜ 使い【つかい】
• messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl - polite language
• familiar spirit - polite language - honorific language

noun / ~する noun:

• waiting on a table; serving (at dinner)

noun:

• waiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy
• office boy; office girl

noun:

• leading a horse, cow, etc.
• groom; horse boy
• hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; side dish

noun:

• young person
• servant; errand boy in a samurai family
• person of lowly status

noun:

• partly burned charcoal
• servant boy at a brothel or teahouse - archaism

noun:

• fetching balls
• ball boy

noun:

• young man; youth; lad
• servant boy; young shopboy

noun / ~する noun:

• having deep knowledge of; being expert in; being well versed in; being conversant with
• (a boy's) first ejaculation; semenarche

noun:

• servant; valet; footman
• someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family - archaism
• low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Rituryo system) - archaism
• ox-tender for oxcarts; horse boy - archaism
• honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies ➜ 宮内省