Keyword
positive agreement
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig400
Readings
こう
(81%)
Composed of
stop
moon
Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
affirmation; affirmative
assent; consent
Examples (12 in total)
We may take this silence to mean affirmation.
They had been affirming me all along.
Regardless of which meaning it was, I simply affirmed it.
First, let's affirm our own feelings.
Also, it neither affirms nor denies.
The silence itself signified agreement.
I neither rejected nor affirmed.
It feels like they are subtly dodging the question, but it is effectively an affirmation.
She spoke words of affirmation in a voice barely audible.
Tom neither confirmed nor denied the rumors.
He gave a positive answer to my question.
He made a positive answer.