"膏肓" meaning in Japanese

See 膏肓 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ːko̞ː] Forms: 膏肓 ^ [canonical] (ruby: 膏(こう), 肓(こう)), kōkō [romanization], kaukwau [romanization], かうくわう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 膏肓 (MC kaw xwang). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|こうこう}}, {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|膏肓|id=1,1}} 膏肓 (MC kaw xwang) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こうこう|hhira=かうくわう}} 膏(こう)肓(こう) • (kōkō) ^(←かうくわう (kaukwau)?)
  1. vital organs
    Sense id: en-膏肓-ja-noun-Ieh0zktw Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese spelling pronunciations, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 53 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese spelling pronunciations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 74 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 74 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 92 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ːko̞ː], [ko̞ːmo̞ː], [ko̞ːko̞ː] Forms: 膏肓 ^ [canonical] (ruby: 膏(こう), 肓(もう)), kōmō [romanization], kaumau [romanization], かうまう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Misreading of the 肓 kanji as 盲 (mō, “blind”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|こうもう}} Head templates: {{ja-noun|こうもう|hhira=かうまう}} 膏(こう)肓(もう) • (kōmō) ^(←かうまう (kaumau)?)
  1. (proscribed) alternative form of 膏肓 (kōkō) Tags: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Alternative form of: 膏肓 (extra: kōkō)
    Sense id: en-膏肓-ja-noun-pT9yH77s Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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