Japanese

Verb

おつ ‎(godan conjugation, romaji otsu, historical hiragana をつ)

1. 復つ: to become young
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 847)

     和我佐可理 伊多久々　多知奴 久毛尓得夫 久須利波武等母 麻多遠知米也母

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 6, poem 1034)

     従古 人之言來流 老人之 變若云水曾 名尓負瀧之瀬

2. 復つ: to be reborn
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 4, poem 650)

     吾妹児者 常世国尓 住家良思 昔見従 変若益尓家利

3. 落つ, 墜つ, 堕つ: fall down, drop; fail an exam

Noun

おつ ‎(romaji otsu)

1. 乙: second party
2. 乙: (slang) Abbreviation of お疲れ様.

Derived terms

• 男 (おとこ) ‎(otoko): man
• 乙女 (おとめ) ‎(otome): young lady
• 大人 (おとな) ‎(otona): adult

References

• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240001-3, published 1999.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Man’yōshū 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240002-0, published 2000.