孤独

See also: 孤獨

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 孤獨 (“lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate; isolated and helpless; etc.”).
(This term, 孤独, is the simplified form of 孤獨.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
どく
Grade: 5
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
孤獨 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(どく) (kodoku) こどく (kodoku)? -na (adnominal ()(どく) (kodoku na), adverbial ()(どく) (kodoku ni))

  1. lonely

Inflection

Noun

()(どく) (kodoku) こどく (kodoku)?

  1. loneliness
  2. solitude

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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