ごう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
2. sobriquet; pen-name
3. size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.)
Suffix
4. suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
Kanji used
ID number
Pitch accent
Top 2500
Used in vocabulary (131 in total)
number; series of digits
title; name; degree
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
code; password; cipher
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
symbol; code; sign; notation
number two; mistress; concubine
newspaper extra
ten epithets (of Buddha)
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
suffix for train car numbers
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
suffix for building numbers
signal gun; starting gun
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
suffix for building numbers
the next issue
special issue; extra issue; special number
Buddha's name (esp. when used in prayer); fame; renown
this week's issue (e.g. magazine)
next number (magazine, etc.); next issue
every issue or number
next month's issue
equals sign; equality sign
special number; special issue
priest's name or posthumous Buddhist name
code; mark; symbol
moan; wailing
less-than sign or greater-than sign (< or >); inequality sign
number or size of periodicals or pictures; type size
another name
special enlarged (bumper) issue
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
posthumous name (based the deeds one has performed in their lifetime)
preceding issue
temple's name
honorific mountain name prefixed to a temple's name
honorary title; title of honour; title of honor
monk's self-chosen pseudonym
item number; product ID number; reference number
baccalaureate; bachelor's degree
former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in"
original store; first store
Nautilus (Verne)
Mary Celeste (famous British ship found in 1872 without crew or passengers); archetypal ghost ship; unmanned ship
signal (sound); starting gun signal
temple name (a two-character posthumous name given to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese royalty); name given to a mausoleum (or shrine, etc.)
firm name; trade name
Stephenson's Rocket
denomination of a Shinto shrine; company name
change of name or title; change of era
Russian frigate Diana
posthumous name (based the deeds one has performed in their lifetime)
key signature
missing issue (of magazine)
an enlarged issue
minus sign (-); negative sign
final issue; last issue of a publication
Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house
radical sign; root sign
Santa María (ship)
Mary Celeste (famous British ship found in 1872 without crew or passengers); archetypal ghost ship; unmanned ship
multiplication sign; sign of multiplication
symbol; emblem; sign
(space) filler; fill-in (in magazines, newspapers, etc.)
Operation Ketsugō (Japanese military plan for responding to the Allied invasion of the homeland)
current model
plus sign (+); positive sign
plus sign; sign of addition
arsphenamine; compound 606; salvarsan
mathematical division sign
last issue (of a magazine, etc. which has suspended publication); final issue
earthquake simulator
SS Vega (1872)
Kon-Tiki expedition
Granma (yacht)
Victoria (ship)
The Secret of the Unicorn
MV Le Joola
Question Mark (aircraft)
double sign; plus-minus sign; plus or minus sign
old name; back number
priest's religious name
gradational salary
earthquake simulator
Examples (13 in total)
He named the ship the Swallow.
Your subscription expires with the June issue.
They named the spaceship "Discovery."