"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 redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries 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

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-こう-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "/kaku/"
      },
      "expansion": "/kaku/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "/kau/"
      },
      "expansion": "/kau/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/kɔː/"
      },
      "expansion": "/kɔː/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/koː/"
      },
      "expansion": "/koː/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "斯く",
        "2": "かく"
      },
      "expansion": "斯(か)く (kaku)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/kaku/ → /kau/ → /kɔː/ → /koː/\nShift from 斯(か)く (kaku).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かう",
      "roman": "kau",
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        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
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      "expansion": "こう • (kō) ^(←かう (kau)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "ああ言えばこう言う"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-こう-ja-adv-~-jMgsFi",
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ],
        [
          "this way",
          "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "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",
    "請う",
    "恋う"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-こう-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "こう"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adverbs",
    "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 redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "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"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ああ言えばこう言う"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "/kaku/"
      },
      "expansion": "/kaku/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "/kau/"
      },
      "expansion": "/kau/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "IPAfont"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/koː/"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "斯く",
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    {
      "form": "kō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かう",
      "roman": "kau",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "hhira": "かう"
      },
      "expansion": "こう • (kō) ^(←かう (kau)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ],
        [
          "this way",
          "this way"
        ],
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ],
        [
          "thus",
          "thus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こー"
    },
    {
      "other": "こー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "こう"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
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    "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",
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    "膏",
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    "咬",
    "哄",
    "垢",
    "恍",
    "狡",
    "哮",
    "逅",
    "寇",
    "淆",
    "皎",
    "閘",
    "睾",
    "膠",
    "薨",
    "曠",
    "請う",
    "恋う"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "こう"
}

Download raw JSONL data for こう meaning in Japanese (4.0kB)

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  "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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