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)
Kanji used
outer shell
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (43 in total)
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
back of the hand
armour (e.g. tank); armor
① 甲殻類の体表を覆う外皮。
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
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
① 干支の一つ。60ある干支の組合せの1番目。
arms; war; armed warrior
high-pitched; high in the instep
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
tortoise shell
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
the former and the latter; A and B
Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu
all-A (student)
beetles; coleopterans; coleoptera
① 中国古代の殷代に用いられた漢字の祖形又は書体。主に、亀の甲羅や牛等の肩甲骨を用いた亀卜と呼ばれる占いにおいて、その占う内容を甲羅や骨に刻んだもの。かなり、象形性が残るものの、文字としての抽象性を有し、単なる模様の域から抜け出ている。甲骨文・亀甲獣骨文字とも。
armored cruiser; armoured cruiser
gauntlet; spats
one man's meat is another man's poison; (lit.) one man's medicine is another man's poison
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)
oracle bone script
pteraspids (extinct armoured jawless fishes)
① 机・棚などの上面の板。② 鰹木を支えるために棟に沿って渡す長い板。
armored warrior; armoured warrior
① 五夜または五更または更点法における最初の時間帯のこと。十二辰刻では戌の刻に相当する。現代の時刻ではおおよそ午後7時から10時までの間の2時間程度にあたる。
weapons and armour; soldier; battle; war
Examples (1 in total)
Mt. Fuji is about four times as high as Mt. Rokko.