コウ
Meanings
Counter
Suffix
1. counter for people or implements
usu. こう
Pitch accent
コ
ウ
Used in vocabulary (113 in total)
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
dictation; verbal statement
excuse; pretext
os uteri; cervical os; orifice of the uterus
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
pussy; cunt; vulva; lewd mouth
gun point; muzzle
population; common talk
oral; in the mouth
corners of the mouth
vaginal opening
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
oral cavity; mouth
account (e.g. bank)
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
gossip; corner of the mouth
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
urethral opening; urinary meatus
(volcanic) crater; caldera; burner (of a boiler)
muzzle (of a gun)
interior of the mouth; oral cavity
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
blastopore
ventilation hole; vent
oral sex; fellatio; cunnilingus
escape hatch; escape door
vent; ventilation opening
bad breath; halitosis
insertion slot (e.g. coins, tickets); input port
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
(volcanic) crater
taken by mouth; passed into the body via the mouth; oral
mouth ulcer; stomatitis
houses and inhabitants; population
vent; exhaust opening; exhaust port
oral tradition; legend; folklore
trophi (mouthparts of an insect, etc.)
entrance to a bay; mouth of a bay
passing on by word of mouth; oral tradition
harbor entrance; harbour entrance
around one's lips
vagina; pussy
access hole (usu. floor or ceiling trap); inspection hole
verbal promise
pithead; minehead
humming to oneself
ventilation duct; vent
speech; manner of speaking
fuel filler opening; tank pipe opening
air inlet; intake vent
common talk; talk of the town; words of many people
common talk; talk of the town; words of many people
intake port; water intake; sluice gate
air supply port; vent
commission; brokerage
spout (for water)
oral region; regio oralis; kanji radical for "mouth"
verbal note (notes verbale); written statement
bad breath; intimation
silent mouthing
thirst; dry mouth; -dipsia
waste-water port (of a dam, sewer, etc.); freeing port (on a ship); water hose outlet (for firefighting)
orbicularis oris muscle
keeping silent; silence; restraining (speech); gagging; muzzling
(arch.) prisoner of war (Yayoi period); slaves
smoke outlet; smoke vent
eloquence
false charge; slander; defamation
cyclostomes (eel-like jawless fishes with round mouths used for sucking)
rim of bowl or vessel; peristome
oral statement
(mouths of) many people
population; number of items, articles, etc.
oral consonant (as opposed to nasal)
lake inlet
oratorical talent; eloquence; clever tongue; glibness
muzzleloading
vulva; vulvae
lipreading
spoken language (as opposed to literary)
sipunculan (any worm of phylum Sipuncula); sipunculid
nonresident population
mouth ulcer; stomatitis
taste; flavor; flavour; deliciousness
mouth harp; Jew's harp
diffuser; air supply outlet in air-conditioning system
water supply pipe inlet/outlet (esp. on standpipes and dry risers)
fracture
word form used in vernacular language (as opposed to classical language)
astomatous
men who were subject to taxes and forced labor (ritsuryō system)
exorheic lake; open lake
phlegmon in floor of oral cavity; Ludwig's angina
drain; overflow
monostome
world population; global population
injection nozzle; jet nozzle
Population Association of Japan