こく

See also: ごく

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
扱く

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

こく (koku) godan (stem こき (koki), past こいた (koita))

  1. to pull through one's hand, as when separating grain from the stalk
    (いね)()
    ine o koku
    (please add an English translation of this example)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
放く

Pronunciation

Verb

こく (koku) godan (stem こき (koki), past こいた (koita))

  1. to release from the body
    ()()
    he o koku
    to fart
Conjugation

Etymology 3

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Alternative forms

  • こく() (koku-mi)

Pronunciation

Noun

こく or コク (koku) 

  1. (of food) rich flavor

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of こく – see the following entries.
S
[adjective] [from 1754] cruel, severe, harsh, merciless
[adjective] [from 1878] extremely, excessively
[noun] [from 1754] cruelty, severity, harshness, mercilessness
1
[noun] a traditional Japanese unit of volume:
[noun] for grains of rice; one koku is equal to approximately 180 litres
[noun] (by extension, historical) for land of famous daimyo or samurai; one koku is also approximately 180 litres
[noun] for 和船 (wasen); one koku is equal to 10 cubic shaku or approximately 0.278 cubic metres
[noun] a unit of quantity for (sake, salmon) and (masu, trout); one koku is equal to 40 salmon or 60 trout
2
[noun] a land, a large place
[noun] a country in general, a region
[noun] a country as in a nation, a state
(This term, こく, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.
For a list of all kanji read as こく, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こく.)

(The following entries are uncreated: , 古句, .)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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