えどっこ

江戸っ子
true Tokyoite

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えどっこ【江戸っ子】

a person born in Edo; 〔今の〕 a Tokyoite; a person born and bred in Tokyo.

●生粋の江戸っ子 a pure shitamachi Tokyoite; a true-born Edo man [woman].

●こちとらちゃきちゃきの江戸っ子だい. I'm a true native of shitamachi Tokyo.

・江戸っ子は五月(_さつき)の鯉の吹き流し. 〔腹にためない〕 Shitamachi Tokyoites [Edokko] are rough-spoken but they don't hold grudges. | 〔口先だけ達者〕 Shitamachi Tokyoites [Edokko] are full of wind [all bluff, all talk and no action].

・江戸っ子は宵越しの金は持たない. ⇒よいごし.

江戸っ子気質(_かたぎ) the shitamachi Tokyo spirit.