Japanese DictionaryDefinition of やっこ
- (n) servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
「あいつはいい奴だ」と皆が異口同音に言う。
He's a nice guy - that's unanimous. - chivalrous man (c. Edo period)
- cubed tofu (often served cold)
- kite shaped like a footman
- Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
- enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)
- (pn) he; she; him; her
