番太

ばんた

watchman (implies low rank or burakumin status)

金太郎

きんたろう

Kintaro, hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength

悪太郎

あくたろう

bad boy

太郎月

たろうづき

first lunar month

与太郎

よたろう

slow witted fellow, counter-hero, liar

一太郎

いちたろう

ichitaro (word processing package)

河太郎

かわたろう がわたろう がたろう があたろ がたろ

kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)

桃太郎

Momotarō (Japanese folk tale and popular hero)

プー太郎

ぷうたろう プーたろう ふうたろう ぷーたろう プータロー

unemployed person

太郎さん

たろうさん

cockroach (word used in restaurants so customers won't catch on)

金太郎飴

きんたろうあめ

cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced

ぽん太郎

ぽんたろう

idiot, moron

孫太郎虫

まごたろうむし

hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)

天一太郎

てんいちたろう

day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year)

浦島太郎

Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later

鬼太郎袋

きたろうぶくろ

sickness back; motion sickness bag

一番太鼓

いちばんだいこ

beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)

一姫二太郎

いちひめにたろう

It's good to have a girl first and then a boy

浦島太郎状態

うらしまたろうじょうたい

Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown