かど
Meanings
Noun
1. corner; edge
All the corners have been removed, and it is round in shape.
2. (street) corner; turning
Isn't the toilet around the corner over there closer?
3. rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness; harshness; sharpness
Isn't there a less abrasive way to put it?
Pitch accent
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ど
Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
considerable; decent; suitably; reasonably; one matter; one field
considerable; decent; suitably; reasonably; one matter; one field
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
to worsen (the situation); to exacerbate; to aggravate; to look with anger
to worsen (the situation); to exacerbate; to aggravate; to look with anger
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
corner; edge
street corner
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
angled; angular
to mellow; to become softened by maturity
to be sharp; to be pointed
to cause offence (offense); to create hard feelings
corner room; corner apartment
four corners; crossroads; intersecting street; street corner
edge or corner of a stone
Kadokawa Shoten (publisher)
to round off the corners
corner lot
corner rounder; corner cutter; rounding the corners of pages (e.g. during bookbinding); rounded corners
corner store
house located on a street corner; corner house
corner house (Edo period)
make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
intractable; angular
three corners; three-way intersection; three-cornered crossing
corner of one's eye
take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; (lit.) bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die
sharp taste of (refined) salt
angled luffa (Luffa acutangula); Chinese okra; dish cloth gourd; ridged gourd; sponge gourd; vegetable gourd
corner room; corner apartment
Examples (34 in total)
It's at the corner.
He's at the next corner.
There's an edge to what he says.