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風の子かぜの子 [sK] 風のこ [sK]
かぜのこ
1. [exp,n] [id]
▶ (lively, tireless) children
▶ kids



History:
3. A 2023-10-04 21:53:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2023-10-04 18:27:52  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijirin:
  〔寒風の中でも元気に遊んでいることからいう〕子供のこと。「子供は━」
daijisen (子供は風の子)
  子供は活発で、寒風が吹いていても戸外を駆け回って遊ぶものだということ。
sankoku (子どもは風の子)
  子どもはつめたい風の中でも平気で遊ぶものだ。

The full proverb is "子どもは風の子" ("children are children of the wind") meaning kids are people who will play outside without a care even if there's a cold wind blowing.

〈風/かぜ/カゼ〉の〈子/こ/コ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 風の子  │ 66,310 │ 91.7% │
│ かぜの子 │  1,623 │  2.2% │
│ 風のこ  │  1,090 │  1.5% │
│ 風のコ  │    226 │  0.3% │
│ カゼの子 │    144 │  0.2% │
│ かぜのこ │  2,917 │  4.0% │
╰─ーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -6,0 +7,8 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>かぜの子</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>風のこ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
@@ -10,0 +19 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -12 +21,3 @@
-<gloss>child who spends time playing outdoors</gloss>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>(lively, tireless) children</gloss>
+<gloss>kids</gloss>
1. A* 2023-10-04 17:58:25  Dashel Miles <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
小学館の『デジタル大辞泉』(https://www.weblio.jp/content/風の子)
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>outdoor creatures</gloss>
+<gloss>child who spends time playing outdoors</gloss>

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