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jmdict 1710660 Active (id: 2202616)
放蕩息子
ほうとうむすこ
1. [n] [yoji]
▶ good-for-nothing son
▶ profligate son
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1516810 放蕩【ほうとう】 1. dissipation; prodigality; debauchery



History:
4. A 2022-08-10 08:09:12  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Adding yoji tags based on gakken, shinmeikai and-or jitenon
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>
3. A 2021-06-20 07:48:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Hmm. All the JEs have that gloss, but it may not be accurate. Not in kokugos.
2. A* 2021-06-19 09:07:58  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
"prodigal son" is in a couple of dictionaries as "a son/daughter who leaves his or her parents to do things that they do not approve of 
but then feels sorry and returns home"
  Comments:
I wouldn't treat this as yoji.
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12 @@
-<misc>&yoji;</misc>
-<gloss>prodigal son</gloss>
+<gloss>good-for-nothing son</gloss>
1. A 2014-08-25 02:50:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Kanji Haitani list
  Comments:
Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>

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