Son of man - Hitonoko

Japanese: 人の子 - ひとのこ

① The child of a human being. A child who is in accordance with human morality. Also, a word used to describe a human being in terms of smallness and youth. A person. ⇔ A person's parent. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 16:3799 "There is no such thing as this. I will not be able to endure the words of a human child from my own body. I will rely on him." ※Makura (end of 10th century) 119 "A filial human child." ② A descendant. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 18:4094 "A human child will not lose the name of his ancestor , but will serve the great lord." ③ A child of someone else. A beloved child of someone else. ※Eika (around 1028-92) Koromo no tama "Seeing her as a human child, I envy her, and wonder if she is a child I would like to have." ④ A daughter still dependent on her parents. Also, a woman who has become a wife of another man. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 2.122 "The great ship is anchored, and the child is lost in thought, for he is a strong man . " ⑤ In the Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ used this expression to refer to himself. ※Reference: New Testament Encyclopedia (1880), Gospel of Matata "Foxes have holes, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

① 人たるものの子。人倫にのっとった存在としての子。また、人間を、小ささや若さの面から見ていう語。人。⇔人の親。※万葉（８Ｃ後）一六・三七九九「豈(あに)もあらじ己が身のから人子(ひとのこ)の言も尽さじ我れも依りなむ」※枕（１０Ｃ終）一一九「孝ある人の子」② 子孫。※万葉（８Ｃ後）一八・四〇九四「人子(ひとのこ)は祖(おや)の名絶たず大君に奉仕(まつろ)ふものと」③ 他人の子。他人の愛児。※栄花（1028‐92頃）衣の珠「ひとのこにて見んに、羨しくも持たらまほしかるべき子なりや」④ まだ親がかりの娘。また、他人の妻となった女性。※万葉（８Ｃ後）二・一二二「大船の泊つる泊りのたゆたひに物思ひ痩せぬ人能児(ひとノこ)ゆゑに」⑤ 新約聖書の福音書で、イエス‐キリストが、みずからをさすのに用いた表現。※引照新約全書（1880）馬太伝福音書「狐は穴あり天空の鳥は巣あり然ど人の子は枕する所なし」

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