おう
Meanings
Noun
1. agreement; affirmative
Interjection
2. aye; yes; OK; okay; yeah; all right
Kanji used
respond with action
Pitch accent
Top 16200
Used in vocabulary (64 in total)
reaction; response
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
in proportion to; according to; depending on
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
emergency; first-aid
secret understanding; collusion; betrayal
return fire; shooting back
retribution
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
Yinglong; dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology
Ōnin era (1467.3.5-1469.4.28)
obtaining agreement by consultation; matters settled in an interview
appropriate (urgent) response; expediency
consent; compliance
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
Meiō era (1492.7.19-1501.2.29)
stress (e.g. on a mechanical part); tension
according to one's abilities; appropriate; reasonable
readily; very eagerly; without moment's hesitation
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
willy-nilly; whether willing or not
whether one wants to or not; without choice
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
in collusion with
Shōō era (1652.9.18-1655.4.13); Jōō era
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
refractory
Ryakuō era (of the Northern Court) (1338.8.28-1342.4.27); Rekiō era
applied chemistry; adaptation
Yinglong; dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
Ōwa era (961.2.16-964.7.10)
Ten'ō era (781.1.1-782.8.19)
compulsory; unavoidable; necessary
willy-nilly; whether willing or not
Kannō era (of the Northern Court) (1350.2.27-1352.9.27); Kan'ō era
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
Shōō era (1288.4.28-1293.8.5)
Gen'ō era (1319.4.28-1321.2.23)
making a bid; tendering a bid
Ōtoku era (1084.2.7-1087.4.7)
Bun'ō era (1260.4.13-1261.2.20)
mendicant priest's begging bowl
Ōchō era (1311.4.28-1312.3.20)
temperature sensitivity; sensitivity of the demand for electricity to a change of the atmospheric temperature
ability-to-pay principle (of taxation)
mendicant priest's begging bowl
ability-to-pay principle (of taxation)
benefit principle (of taxation)