おう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. king; ruler; sovereign; monarch
2. tycoon; magnate; champion; master
3. king (of the senior player)
Kanji used
king
Pitch accent
Top 1500
Used in vocabulary (97 in total)
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
royal capital; imperial capital
queen; female champion
royal family
royal castle; imperial castle
Dragon King; promoted rook
the throne; the crown
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
crown; diadem; bottle cap
royal family
king; monarch; ruler; champion
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
royal prince; crown prince's younger brother
Pope; Buddha
lion (king of beasts)
the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings
Dragon King; promoted rook
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
king who is a father
monarchy; imperial rule
former king; late king
various kings; unproclaimed son of the imperial family
king and princes; noble rank
Wisdom King; Vidyaraja
sceptre; scepter
king (of the senior player)
imperial influence; assimilation of new territory
monarchical system
oil magnate; oil baron
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)
royalists; royalist faction
king; royalty
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
maharaja; maharajah; nawab
royalists; monarchists
Arthurian legend; legend of King Arthur
royal grandson
to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)
master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead)
rookie-of-the-year
winner of triple crown
emperor's teacher; imperial army
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
teaching king
queen cell (of a beehive); royal cell
to enthrone a king
top prize-money earner
king and princes; noble rank
imperial cause; royal cause
royal or imperial domain
druglord; drug baron
King of England
royal decree
Wisdom King; Vidyaraja
opponent's king
to occupy the throne; to sit on the royal throne; to be at the top; to hold the premier position; to win a championship
heaven of the Four Great Kings; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
to checkmate the king
Brahma (Hindu creator god)
Chakravartin; ideal universal ruler (in Indian religions)
batting champion
administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Kings I (book of the Bible)
home run king; home run leader
(season's) record holder in (for) the most strike-outs
kanji "jewel" radical at left (looks like "king") (radical 96)
Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)
king of Yamato
antiking; would-be king
Kings II (book of the Bible)
gold wheel-turning sage king
virtuous ruler; worthy monarch
royal government (esp. Ryukyu Kingdom)
Examples (27 in total)
The king is coming.
The people rebelled against the king.
The King was assaulted by terrorists.