this, thus, such, verbal pause

12 strokesGrade 9

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Kun

こうか.くこのこれここに

Dictionary

Common Words

こん此の斯のUsually kanaFreq #21
1

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi); Something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker

this

Examples
このコップをミルクで満たした。
I filled this glass with milk.
2

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi); In ref. to a stretch of time or date

last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this

Examples
この数年間に彼は不朽の名詩を書いた。
During these years he wrote immortal poems.
3

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi); Emphatic, accusatory, insulting

you (as in "you liar")

斯うUsually kanaFreq #170
1

Adverb (fukushi); Used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker

in this way; like this; so; thus

Examples
違いはこうだ。つまり、彼のほうが君よりよく働くのだ。
The difference is this: he works harder than you.
2

Adverb (fukushi)

this (much); so

3

Interjection; Interjection used as a verbal pause

uh; er; mm; well

うした斯うした此うしたExpressionUsually kanaFreq #2955
1

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

such

Examples
こうした熊独特の特徴が、熊が動かずに狩猟すること(アザラシの呼吸孔の脇でじっと動かず、アザラシが海面に上がってくるのを待つ)を好む説明になっている。
These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).
瓦斯NounUsually kanaFreq #6789
1

gas (as a fuel)

Examples
もうガスは消した?
Have you turned off the gas yet?
2

gas (state of matter)

3

poison gas

4

dense fog; thick fog

5

Abbreviation

gas stove; gas cooker; gas range

6

gasoline; gas; petrol

7

Colloquial

flatulence; gas; wind; fart

8

Abbreviation

gassed yarn

くして斯くしてUsually kanaFreq #10522
1

Conjunction

thus

Examples
かくして、彼らに脅威を与えるほかの動物に発見されないですむ。
Thus, they cannot be detected by other animals that threaten them.
うこう然う斯うAdverb~する VerbUsually kanaFreq #14717
1

this and that; one thing or another

よう斯様~な Adj.Usually kanaFreq #15849
1

Dated term

this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such

くも斯くもUsually kanaFreq #20297
1

Noun or verb acting prenominally

so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)

くて斯くてAdverbUsually kanaFreq #22833
1

Conjunction

thus; in this way

Examples
かくて、国際化は日本人にとって今はやりのスローガンになっている。
Thus, internationalization has become a fashionable slogan for the Japanese.
うのこうの如何の斯うのAdverb~と AdverbExpressionUsually kanaFreq #23987
1

this and that; one thing or another

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