"おう" meaning in Japanese

See おう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [o̞ː] Forms: ō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|おう}} おう • (ō)
  1. An informal greeting similar to hey. See also よう.
    Sense id: en-おう-ja-intj-xdPTZ1aX Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 72 12 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 56 19 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 68 16 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 64 15 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 5 3
  2. An informal interjection similar to oh or oops.
    Sense id: en-おう-ja-intj--0z21IYC
  3. An informal affirmative response.
    Sense id: en-おう-ja-intj-JSuSdllQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

IPA: [o̞ː]
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-おう-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "おう"
      },
      "expansion": "おう • (ō)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 12 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 19 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 16 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 15 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 6 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 5 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hey, it's been a long time, hasn't it?",
          "roman": "Ō, hisashiburi da ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "久",
              "ひさ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "おう、久しぶりだね。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal greeting similar to hey. See also よう."
      ],
      "id": "en-おう-ja-intj-xdPTZ1aX",
      "links": [
        [
          "hey",
          "hey"
        ],
        [
          "よう",
          "よう"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Oh, no!",
          "roman": "Ō, shimatta!",
          "text": "おう、しまった!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal interjection similar to oh or oops."
      ],
      "id": "en-おう-ja-intj--0z21IYC",
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "oops",
          "oops"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "\"You see?\" \"Got it.\"",
          "roman": "“Wakatta?” “Ō.”",
          "text": "「わかった?」「おう。」",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "O, ō…",
          "text": "お、おう…",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal affirmative response."
      ],
      "id": "en-おう-ja-intj-JSuSdllQ"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "おう"
}

{
  "categories": [],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "王",
    "黄",
    "央",
    "横",
    "応",
    "往",
    "桜",
    "皇",
    "凹",
    "押",
    "旺",
    "欧",
    "殴",
    "翁",
    "奥",
    "鷗",
    "媼",
    "嘔",
    "墺",
    "懊",
    "謳",
    "鶯",
    "追う",
    "負う",
    "生ふ"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-おう-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "おう"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese interjections",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "おう"
      },
      "expansion": "おう • (ō)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hey, it's been a long time, hasn't it?",
          "roman": "Ō, hisashiburi da ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "久",
              "ひさ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "おう、久しぶりだね。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal greeting similar to hey. See also よう."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hey",
          "hey"
        ],
        [
          "よう",
          "よう"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Oh, no!",
          "roman": "Ō, shimatta!",
          "text": "おう、しまった!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal interjection similar to oh or oops."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "oops",
          "oops"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "\"You see?\" \"Got it.\"",
          "roman": "“Wakatta?” “Ō.”",
          "text": "「わかった?」「おう。」",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "O, ō…",
          "text": "お、おう…",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal affirmative response."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "おう"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent"
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "王",
    "黄",
    "央",
    "横",
    "応",
    "往",
    "桜",
    "皇",
    "凹",
    "押",
    "旺",
    "欧",
    "殴",
    "翁",
    "奥",
    "鷗",
    "媼",
    "嘔",
    "墺",
    "懊",
    "謳",
    "鶯",
    "追う",
    "負う",
    "生ふ"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "おう"
}

Download raw JSONL data for おう meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "おう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "おう",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "luaexec/683",
  "msg": "LUA error in #invoke('form of/templates', 'form_of_t', 'short for', 'cat=short forms', 'withcap=1', 'withdot=1') parent ('Template:short for', {1: 'ja', 2: '[[サクラメント]]/[[桜府]]', 'tr': 'Sakuramento', 't': '<span class=\"Latn\" lang=\"en\">[[:Sacramento#English|Sacramento]]</span> (a [[city]] in <span class=\"Latn\" lang=\"en\">[[:California#English|California]]</span>, <span class=\"Latn\" lang=\"en\">[[:United States#English|United States]]</span>)[[Category:ja:Sacramento|缶05]][[Category:ja:Cities in California, USA|缶05]][[Category:ja:Cities in the United States|缶05]][[Category:ja:Places in California, USA|缶05]][[Category:ja:Places in the United States|缶05]]'})",
  "path": [
    "おう",
    "Template:ja-see",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke",
    "Lua:Module:ja-see:show()",
    "frame:preprocess()",
    "Template:short for",
    "Template:no deprecated lang param usage",
    "ARGVAL-1",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "おう",
  "trace": "[string \"Module:form of/templates\"]:555: attempt to call upvalue 'get_force_cat' (a nil value)"
}

{
  "called_from": "luaexec/683",
  "msg": "LUA error in #invoke('form of/templates', 'form_of_t', 'short for', 'cat=short forms', 'withcap=1', 'withdot=1') parent ('Template:short for', {1: 'ja', 2: '[[ヨーロッパ]]/[[欧羅巴]]', 'tr': 'Yōroppa', 't': '<span class=\"Latn\" lang=\"en\">[[:Europe#English|Europe]]</span> (a [[continent]])[[Category:ja:Europe|缶05]][[Category:ja:Continents and continental regions|缶05]]'})",
  "path": [
    "おう",
    "Template:ja-see",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke",
    "Lua:Module:ja-see:show()",
    "frame:preprocess()",
    "Template:short for",
    "Template:no deprecated lang param usage",
    "ARGVAL-1",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "おう",
  "trace": "[string \"Module:form of/templates\"]:555: attempt to call upvalue 'get_force_cat' (a nil value)"
}

{
  "called_from": "luaexec/683",
  "msg": "LUA error in #invoke('form of/templates', 'form_of_t', 'short for', 'cat=short forms', 'withcap=1', 'withdot=1') parent ('Template:short for', {1: 'ja', 2: '[[陸奥]]国', 'tr': 'Mutsu no kuni', 'dot': ':', 'sort': 'う'})",
  "path": [
    "おう",
    "Template:ja-see",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke",
    "Lua:Module:ja-see:show()",
    "frame:preprocess()",
    "Template:short for",
    "Template:no deprecated lang param usage",
    "ARGVAL-1",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "おう",
  "trace": "[string \"Module:form of/templates\"]:555: attempt to call upvalue 'get_force_cat' (a nil value)"
}

{
  "called_from": "luaexec/683",
  "msg": "LUA error in #invoke('form of/templates', 'form_of_t', 'short for', 'cat=short forms', 'withcap=1', 'withdot=1') parent ('Template:short for', {1: 'ja', 2: '[[オーストリア]]/[[墺太利]]', 'tr': 'Ōsutoria', 't': '<span class=\"Latn\" lang=\"en\">[[:Austria#English|Austria]]</span> (a [[country]])[[Category:ja:Austria|缶05]][[Category:ja:Countries|缶05]]'})",
  "path": [
    "おう",
    "Template:ja-see",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke",
    "Lua:Module:ja-see:show()",
    "frame:preprocess()",
    "Template:short for",
    "Template:no deprecated lang param usage",
    "ARGVAL-1",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "おう",
  "trace": "[string \"Module:form of/templates\"]:555: attempt to call upvalue 'get_force_cat' (a nil value)"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.