プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
こ【子】
❶〔人の子供〕a child ((複 children))；〔息子〕a son；〔娘〕a daughter；〔総称〕 《文》 offspring（▼単複同形で，動詞は子供が２人以上なら複数形）；〔法律用語〕〔総称〕issue ⇒こども（子供）
子を産む
「give birth to [《文》 bear] a child
うちの子
my son [daughter]
先妻の子
a child by one's first wife
彼は画家の子だ
He was born in [into] a painter's family.
私はだれの子か長い間分からなかった
For a long time I did not know who my parents were.
❷〔幼い者〕
５歳の男［女］の子
a five-year-old boy [girl]
いい子だね
There's [That's] a good boy [girl].
❸〔動物の子供〕〔総称〕the young；〔きつね，くま，ライオンの〕a cub；〔犬の〕a puppy；〔猫の〕a kitten；〔牛の〕a calf ((複 calves, ～s))；〔馬の〕a colt（▼雄），a filly（▼雌）；〔鹿の〕fawn；〔羊の〕a lamb；〔稚魚，かえるの〕a fry；〔にわとりの〕a chick；〔鳥の〕a baby bird
一腹の子
a litter ((of puppies))
象の子
a baby elephant／an elephant calf
❹〔若い娘〕
あのバーにはいい子がいますよ
There's a cute girl at that bar.
可愛い子には旅させよ
((諺)) Spare the rod and spoil the child.
子はかすがい
Children are a link [bond] between husband and wife.
ね【子】
〔十二支の一つ〕the Rat (the first of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac)；〔方角〕north；〔時刻〕the hour of the Rat (midnight or the hours between 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m.)
子年
the year of the Rat
し【子】
❶〔子供〕a child；〔息子〕a son
第一子をもうける
have one's first child
❷〔子爵〕a viscount