こう
Meanings
Noun
1. carapace; shell
2. 1st in rank; grade A
3. instep; back of hand
4. the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents)
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (40 in total)
shell (of 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
back of the hand
armour (e.g. tank); armor
carapace; shell; crust
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)
top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis
armor; armour; armor plate; armour plate
A-grade; first-class
first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment
Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
thyroid gland
high-pitched; high in the instep
arms; war; armed warrior
tortoise shell
the former and the latter; A and B
Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu
thyroid cartilage
all-A (student)
beetles; coleopterans; coleoptera
oracle bone script
armored cruiser; armoured cruiser
gauntlet; spats
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)
one man's meat is another man's poison; (lit.) one man's medicine is another man's poison
cuttlebone
cuttlebone
oracle bone script
aged 61
armored warrior; armoured warrior
pteraspids (extinct armoured jawless fishes)
top board (of a table, counter, etc.); surface
first division of the night (approx. 7pm to 9pm)
weapons and armour; soldier; battle; war
Examples (1 in total)
Mt. Fuji is about four times as high as Mt. Rokko.