Kanji
乙
N1
1 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1841
the latter, duplicate, strange, witty, fishhook radical (no. 5)
On'yomi (音読み)
オツ、 イツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
おと-、 きのと
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
乙
おつ
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade)
甲乙
こうおつ
first and second; A and B
乙仲
おつなか
chartering broker (arranges customs clearance and shipping details for trade goods); freight forwarding agent
乙欄
おつらん
column B (e.g., in a form); second column
枠乙
わくおつ
thanks for streaming
噓乙
うそおつ
sure buddy; nice try
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
早乙女
さおとめ
young female rice planter; young girl
乙酉
きのととり
Wood Rooster (22nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1945, 2005, 2065)
乙女椿
おとめつばき
otome camellia (Camellia japonica f. otome)
乙未
きのとひつじ
Wood Sheep (32nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1955, 2015, 2075)
乙巳
きのとみ
Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
乙卯
きのとう
Wood Rabbit (52nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1915, 1975, 2035)
乙女子
おとめご
girl; maiden
乙女男子
おとめだんし
effeminate man
乙矢
おとや
arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired)
乙女孔雀
おとめくじゃく
Adiantum edgeworthii (species of maidenhair fern)
Example sentences
甲（こう）の損（そん）は乙（おつ）の得（とく）。
One man's gain is another man's loss.
乙（おつ）が受託（じゅたく）業務（ぎょうむ）の実施（じっし）により得（え）た成果（せいか）は、甲乙（こうおつ）双方（そうほう）に帰属（きぞく）するものとする。
Any result obtained through the execution of the Commissioned Business shall belong to each party hereto.