こう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. going; travelling; traveling; journey; trip
Honestly, it turned into one terrible scouting trip.
Noun
2. act; action
Suffix
3. bank
Counter
4. counter for banks
5. counter for groups or parties of people
Noun
6. type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic from the Tang period onwards)
7. shopping district (of similar merchants; in the Sui and Tang periods)
8. merchants' guild (in the Tang period)
Pitch accent
こ
う
Used in vocabulary (128 in total)
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
flight; flying; aviation
knowledge and action; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
night travel; walking around at night; night train
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
rehearsal
overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)
delinquency; misconduct
bank; banking institution
another bank; other bank; absence from home; going out
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
foolish act; folly
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
shadow; tail; following
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape (by force); sexual assault
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
publication; issue
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
act; deed; conduct
march; marching
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
walking; walk
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
behaviour; behavior; conduct
(act of) violence; vicious crime; murder
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world
passer-by; traveler; traveller
present; current; in operation
making an attempt; trial run
bank clerk
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
going west; heading westward
active; dynamic; behavioural
our bank
obscenity; harlotry
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
going slowly (esp. to enable a vehicle to stop immediately); going at a reduced speed; slowing down; reducing speed
outing; excursion; pleasure trip; going on a picnic
speech and behaviour (behavior)
(your) bank
(moral) conduct; behaviour; behavior; deportment
traveling incognito; travelling incognito
local train; slow train
tourist resort; holiday resort
horseback riding
solo hiking; solo climbing; solo travel
to go on a trip with someone; to accompany on a trip
celebration (of ceremony); solemnization (e.g. of a marriage); solemnisation
character and conduct
taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die
regional bank
mountain hiking; walking in the mountains
descending
the flight formation of geese; lining up shoulder to shoulder like flying geese; leading out
carrying out in a large group
disgraceful (scandalous) conduct; shameful behavior; shameful behaviour
publishing; printing; seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp
personal conduct
several lines (e.g. of flying birds); several streaks (e.g. of tears)
each line
(rousing) send-off; farewell
diagonal movement; oblique motion
former conduct
great enterprise; great task
going east; heading eastward
going alone; travelling by oneself; doing independently; doing separately
conduct; deportment
writing (style)
age at one's death
traveling; travelling; traveler; traveller
conferring of an award
printing; publishing
biwa song
going to scenic spots, ruins, etc. in search of inspiration for waka or haiku; reciting or composing poetry while walking
behavioral characteristic; behavioral trait
traveling with one's bicycle using public transportation
going south; heading southward
acting arbitrarily; arbitrary action
going in order; moving forward; going with (e.g. the current of the times); direct motion; prograde motion
unpublished
Bank of Tokyo Ltd.
working twice as hard; working day and night; doing simultaneously
travelling incognito
form of renku consisting of 24 verses
time or energy to spare
this bank; my bank
using numeral kanji in children's names according to birth order; lining up
commercial bank; city bank; private bank; high street bank
bank money
brutal or bestial act
walking; going on foot
following (a standard, precedent, etc.)
going right ahead
transverse parity check
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
major banks; leading banks
visiting a bank
god who protects the roads; traveler's guardian deity
unconstrained creativity; bold and imaginative; (lit.) (like a) a heavenly steed soaring across the skies
trinerbate venation (of a leaf); trinerve
ascending pharyngeal artery
form of renku consisting of 48 verses
(former) Pacific Bank (failed in 1996)
Chukyo Bank, Limited
Examples (2 in total)
Honestly, it turned into one terrible scouting trip.
How do you interpret these lines of the poem?