"かの" meaning in Japanese

See かの in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

adnominal

IPA: [ka̠no̞] Forms: kano [romanization]
Etymology: Originally a compound of か (ka, “he, she, it”, third-person pronoun) + の (no, genitive particle). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|か|の|pos1=third-person pronoun|pos2=genitive particle|t1=he, she, it|tr1=ka|tr2=no}} か (ka, “he, she, it”, third-person pronoun) + の (no, genitive particle) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adnominal|かの}} かの • (kano)
  1. that [one] (distant from both speaker and listener) Derived forms: 彼女: she (kanojo), her, girlfriend, 彼の様: honorific third-person pronoun: he (kanosama), she, it, 彼の世 (kanoyo) (ruby: (), ()) (english: the other world, the next world, the world of the dead)
    Sense id: en-かの-ja-adnominal-yjx8~KSI Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54

Pronoun

IPA: [ka̠no̞] Forms: kano [romanization]
Etymology: Originally a compound of か (ka, “he, she, it”, third-person pronoun) + の (no, genitive particle). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|か|の|pos1=third-person pronoun|pos2=genitive particle|t1=he, she, it|tr1=ka|tr2=no}} か (ka, “he, she, it”, third-person pronoun) + の (no, genitive particle) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|かの}} かの • (kano)
  1. (obsolete) you-know-who, you-know-what Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-かの-ja-pron-79CJUiNo Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese adnominals, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese adnominals: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "Nara cha wa yabun, kano no oyuru wa asa jibun",
          "ruby": [
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              "奈",
              "な"
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            [
              "良",
              "ら"
            ],
            [
              "茶",
              "ちゃ"
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            [
              "夜",
              "や"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
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              "時",
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              "八",
              "や"
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              "橋",
              "はし"
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              "や"
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Download raw JSONL data for かの meaning in Japanese (4.1kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adnominal",
  "title": "かの",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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