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jmdict 2082760 Active (id: 2287274)
虎子
まる [gikun] こし
1. [n] [arch]
▶ bedpan
▶ chamber pot
▶ potty
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1959960 【おまる】 1. bedpan; chamber pot; potty
2. (こし only) [n]
▶ baby tiger
▶ [fig] hard-earned reward
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2083490 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず 1. nothing ventured, nothing gained; you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den



History:
10. A 2024-01-03 21:21:23  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9. A* 2024-01-02 22:53:52  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
I only see まる【虎子】 in daijr/s, koj, and kanjipedia. I don't see it mentioned in any of the entries for まる in other refs.
https://www.kanjipedia.jp/kotoba/0002042400

Web search for "虎子を使っ" only brings up one relevant result, and it's an essay titled "古代・中世のトイレ話"
https://ncode.syosetu.com/n0883fl/2/
  多くの場合伏せた虎の形を模しているので虎子と呼ばれていた。
  Comments:
[arch] seems to be okay
  Diff:
@@ -17 +17 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
8. A* 2024-01-02 21:50:37  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'm familiar with おまる but I've never seen it written without the お (I hadn't actually released that the お was an honorific prefix until now). My assumption is that the お-less form is archaic/obsolete.
7. A* 2024-01-02 20:33:19  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
おまる in the "bedpan" sense is in plenty of modern refs (sankoku, meikyo, JEs, etc.).
Some refs actually have 虎子 read as "おまる" (gg5, sankoku 7e).

GG5 has こじ【虎子】 but in a figurative sense. 「虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず」
  Diff:
@@ -24,0 +25 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2083490">虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず</xref>
@@ -25,0 +27 @@
+<gloss g_type="fig">hard-earned reward</gloss>
6. A* 2024-01-02 20:14:51  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Aren't both senses archaic? まる and こし aren't in the JEs or smaller kokugos. Koj gives 日葡 as a source for まる.
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