"こう" meaning in Japanese

See こう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

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)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for こう meaning in Japanese (3.6kB)

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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "form": "kō",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "kau",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "かう",
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    }
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "roman": "kōiu",
          "word": "こういう"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kōshite",
          "word": "こうして"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kōshita",
          "word": "こうした"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ā ieba kō iu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "ああ言えばこう言う"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I think it's so.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa kō da to omou.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ]
          ],
          "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。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "like this, in this way, so, thus"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ],
        [
          "in this way",
          "in this way"
        ],
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ],
        [
          "thus",
          "thus"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "are; ware",
          "roman": "maro",
          "word": "ああれわわれまろ"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "english": "are",
          "roman": "kare",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "こー"
    },
    {
      "other": "こー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "こう"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Requests for audio pronunciation in Japanese entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kōiu",
      "word": "こういう"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōshite",
      "word": "こうして"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōshita",
      "word": "こうした"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ā ieba kō iu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "言",
          "い"
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    }
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      "form": "kō",
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        "romanization"
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    },
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      "form": "kau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "english": "are; ware",
      "roman": "maro",
      "word": "ああれわわれまろ"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "english": "are",
      "roman": "kare",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
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        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I think it's so.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa kō da to omou.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ]
          ],
          "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。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "like this, in this way, so, thus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
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        ],
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ],
        [
          "in this way",
          "in this way"
        ],
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ],
        [
          "thus",
          "thus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "こー"
    },
    {
      "other": "こー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "こう"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "口",
    "校",
    "工",
    "公",
    "広",
    "交",
    "光",
    "考",
    "行",
    "後",
    "高",
    "黄",
    "向",
    "幸",
    "港",
    "功",
    "好",
    "候",
    "航",
    "康",
    "効",
    "厚",
    "格",
    "耕",
    "鉱",
    "構",
    "興",
    "講",
    "后",
    "孝",
    "皇",
    "紅",
    "降",
    "鋼",
    "勾",
    "孔",
    "巧",
    "甲",
    "仰",
    "江",
    "坑",
    "抗",
    "攻",
    "更",
    "拘",
    "肯",
    "侯",
    "恒",
    "洪",
    "荒",
    "虹",
    "郊",
    "香",
    "耗",
    "貢",
    "控",
    "梗",
    "喉",
    "慌",
    "硬",
    "絞",
    "項",
    "溝",
    "綱",
    "酵",
    "稿",
    "衡",
    "購",
    "弘",
    "劫",
    "宏",
    "庚",
    "昂",
    "肴",
    "巷",
    "恰",
    "倖",
    "浩",
    "皓",
    "腔",
    "膏",
    "鴻",
    "亢",
    "叩",
    "肛",
    "肓",
    "咬",
    "哄",
    "垢",
    "恍",
    "狡",
    "哮",
    "逅",
    "寇",
    "淆",
    "皎",
    "閘",
    "睾",
    "膠",
    "薨",
    "曠"
  ],
  "word": "こう"
}

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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "請う"
  ],
  "word": "こう"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "恋う"
  ],
  "word": "こう"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "こう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "こう",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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

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