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コウ
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)
Alt. forms
甲こう
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コウ
Pitch accent
コ
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Used in vocabulary (38 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)
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)
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Examples (1 in total)
Mt. Fuji is about four times as high as Mt. Rokko.