こう
Meanings
Noun
1. opposite side; other side; opposite direction
2. over there; that way; far away; beyond
3. the other party; the other person
4. future (starting now)
Kanji used
direction
Pitch accent
こう
Top 700
Used in vocabulary (22 in total)
other side; opposite side; other party
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
Examples (27 in total)
She's looking the other way.
Who is the girl standing over there?
The boy is over there.
You can see a white tower over there.
The sun is going down behind the hill.
"Where is your house?" "It is over there."
The boy over there is his brother.
The sun went down behind the mountains.
His house is on the other side of the bridge.
Who is sitting at the other end of the table?
Do you know the girl waving at us over there?
The man you see over there is a famous writer.
I know the man sitting over there.
Can you help her out before they catch her?
Hang your coat and hat up on the rack over there.
The post office is half a mile away.
My home lies far across the sea.
Watch out! That man over there has a gun.
A beautiful lake lay just beyond the forest.
Tom is sitting by himself under that tree over there.
She was too short to see over the fence.
Look at that koala over there.
I'm a bit busy now, so go to the other room.
I wonder who the man over there may be.
The house is two miles off.
The farm is three miles beyond the river.
This house is ten years old, but that house over there is quite new.