"こう" meaning in All languages combined

See こう on Wiktionary

Adverb [Japanese]

IPA: [ko̞ː] Forms: [romanization], kau [romanization], かう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /kaku/ → /kau/ → /kɔː/ → /koː/ Shift from 斯(か)く (kaku). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|/kaku/}} /kaku/, {{IPAfont|/kau/}} /kau/, {{IPAfont|/kɔː/}} /kɔː/, {{IPAfont|/koː/}} /koː/, {{ja-r|斯く|かく}} 斯(か)く (kaku) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|hhira=かう}} こう • (kō) ^(←かう (kau)?)
  1. like this, in this way, so, thus Derived forms: こういう (kōiu), こうして (kōshite), こうした (kōshita), ああ言えばこう言う (ā ieba kō iu) (ruby: (), ())
    Sense id: en-こう-ja-adv-~-jMgsFi Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Related terms: ああれわわれまろ (maro) (english: are; ware), ななれなんぢましいましみましきみ (kimi), ここれ (kore), そそれ (english: so; sore), ああれかかれ (kare) (english: are), たたれなにがし (nanigashi) (english: tare), おのおのれ (onore), いづれなに (nani), ここ (koko), そこ (soko), あしこかしこ (kashiko), いづくいづこいどこどこ (doko), こちこなた (konata), そちそなた (sochi) (english: sonata), あちあなたかなた (kanata), いづちいづらいづかた (izukata), かかくかくてかう (), ささてしか (shika), いか (ika), いつ (itsu), For pronunciation and definitions of こう (english: see the following entry.), 【請う】, [verb] to ask, beg, request, entreat, appeal, solicit, Alternative spelling乞う, For a list of all kanji read as こう (alt: This term, こう, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.), 【恋う】, [verb] to miss [literary], to love, to have a deep affection for
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for こう meaning in All languages combined (4.2kB)

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          "word": "こうして"
        },
        {
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          "word": "こうした"
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          "roman": "ā ieba kō iu",
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          "english": "I think it's so.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa kō da to omou.",
          "ruby": [
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              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ]
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          "text": "私はこうだと思う。"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's okay to do it like this.",
          "roman": "Kō yareba yoi no da.",
          "text": "こうやればよいのだ。",
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          "this",
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          "in this way",
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          "so",
          "so"
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          "thus",
          "thus"
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          "english": "are; ware",
          "roman": "maro",
          "word": "ああれわわれまろ"
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        {
          "roman": "kimi",
          "word": "ななれなんぢましいましみましきみ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kore",
          "word": "ここれ"
        },
        {
          "english": "so; sore",
          "word": "そそれ"
        },
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          "english": "are",
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          "word": "ああれかかれ"
        },
        {
          "english": "tare",
          "roman": "nanigashi",
          "word": "たたれなにがし"
        },
        {
          "roman": "onore",
          "word": "おのおのれ"
        },
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          "roman": "nani",
          "word": "いづれなに"
        },
        {
          "roman": "koko",
          "word": "ここ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "soko",
          "word": "そこ"
        },
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          "roman": "kashiko",
          "word": "あしこかしこ"
        },
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          "roman": "doko",
          "word": "いづくいづこいどこどこ"
        },
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          "roman": "konata",
          "word": "こちこなた"
        },
        {
          "english": "sonata",
          "roman": "sochi",
          "word": "そちそなた"
        },
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          "word": "あちあなたかなた"
        },
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          "roman": "izukata",
          "word": "いづちいづらいづかた"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kō",
          "word": "かかくかくてかう"
        },
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          "roman": "shika",
          "word": "ささてしか"
        },
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          "word": "いか"
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          "word": "For pronunciation and definitions of こう"
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          "word": "【請う】"
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          "word": "[verb] to ask"
        },
        {
          "word": "beg"
        },
        {
          "word": "request"
        },
        {
          "word": "entreat"
        },
        {
          "word": "appeal"
        },
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          "word": "solicit"
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          "word": "【恋う】"
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          "word": "[verb] to miss"
        },
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          "word": "to love"
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        }
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}
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      "word": "こういう"
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      "roman": "kōshite",
      "word": "こうして"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōshita",
      "word": "こうした"
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      "roman": "ā ieba kō iu",
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      "english": "are; ware",
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      "word": "ああれわわれまろ"
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      "word": "ななれなんぢましいましみましきみ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kore",
      "word": "ここれ"
    },
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      "english": "so; sore",
      "word": "そそれ"
    },
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      "english": "are",
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    },
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      "english": "tare",
      "roman": "nanigashi",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "onore",
      "word": "おのおのれ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nani",
      "word": "いづれなに"
    },
    {
      "roman": "koko",
      "word": "ここ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "soko",
      "word": "そこ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kashiko",
      "word": "あしこかしこ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "doko",
      "word": "いづくいづこいどこどこ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "konata",
      "word": "こちこなた"
    },
    {
      "english": "sonata",
      "roman": "sochi",
      "word": "そちそなた"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kanata",
      "word": "あちあなたかなた"
    },
    {
      "roman": "izukata",
      "word": "いづちいづらいづかた"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kō",
      "word": "かかくかくてかう"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shika",
      "word": "ささてしか"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ika",
      "word": "いか"
    },
    {
      "roman": "itsu",
      "word": "いつ"
    },
    {
      "english": "see the following entry.",
      "word": "For pronunciation and definitions of こう"
    },
    {
      "word": "【請う】"
    },
    {
      "word": "[verb] to ask"
    },
    {
      "word": "beg"
    },
    {
      "word": "request"
    },
    {
      "word": "entreat"
    },
    {
      "word": "appeal"
    },
    {
      "word": "solicit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Alternative spelling乞う"
    },
    {
      "alt": "This term, こう, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.",
      "word": "For a list of all kanji read as こう"
    },
    {
      "word": "【恋う】"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "[verb] to miss"
    },
    {
      "word": "to love"
    },
    {
      "word": "to have a deep affection for"
    }
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        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "english": "I think it's so.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa kō da to omou.",
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              "私",
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              "思",
              "おも"
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