こう – Vocabulary details

こう

Noun

1. carapace; shell

2. 1st in rank; grade A

成せい績せきは甲こう、乙おつ、丙へいの三さん段だん階かいで評ひょう価かされた。Grades were given on three levels: A, B and C.

3. instep; back of hand

彼かれは二ふた人りに向むかって、右みぎ手ての甲こうを差さし出だした。He held out the back of his right hand toward the two of them.

4. the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents)

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shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience

tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)

armoring; armouring; armor; armour

祖そ父ふの通つう知ち表ひょうはこうばかりだった。

My grandfather's report cards were all A's.

左ひだり手てで右みぎ手てのこうをマッサージする。

Massage the back of the right hand with the left hand.

彼かれは二ふた人りに向むかって、右みぎ手てのこうを差さし出だした。

He held out the back of his right hand toward the two of them.

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