こうじ

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See also: こうし

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of こうじ – see the following entries.
【工事】
construction work
roadwork
do construction work
work on the roads
【公示】
a public announcement
to announce publicly
【公事】
public affairs; government business
official duties
【康治】
the Kōji era, 1142-1144
【弘治】
the Kōji era, 1555-1558
【好事】
an auspicious event
a good thing; good news
【好餌】
bait
【後事】
future affairs, unfinished business
【柑子】
Koji orange, Citrus leiocarpa
Alternative spelling
コウジ
【高次】
a higher dimension, a higher order
high level; meta-
(mathematics) higher order; higher degree
【康治】
the Kōji era, 1142-1144
(This term, こうじ (kōji), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as こうじ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こうじ.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 口耳, 口事, 爻辞, 向自, 好字, 好辞, 行事, 孝慈, 更事, 垢膩, 狡児, 香餌, 校時, 勘事, 硬磁, 項辞, 鉤餌, 講師, 鴻慈, 鏗爾.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
麹
糀
糱
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Two likely derivations:

  • Shift from a compound of 黴 (kabi, “mold”) +‎ 発ち (tachi, stem or continuative form of verb 発つ (tatsu), "to arise").
    /kabi tati/ → /kaũtat͡ɕi/ → /kaũdat͡ɕi/ → /kaud͡ʑi/ → /kɔːd͡ʑi/ → /koːd͡ʑi/
  • Alternatively, a shift from 醸し (kamoshi), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 醸す (kamosu, “to brew”).
    /kamosi/ → /kamuɕi/ → /kaũɕi/ → /kaũʑi/ → /kɔːʑi/ → /koːd͡ʑi/

Pronunciation

Noun

こうじ • (kōji) ←かうぢ (kaudi)?

  1. koji: a substance that is produced by letting a mold, especially Aspergillus oryzae, grow on rice, barley, soybeans, etc., used to make fermented products such as sake, amazake, miso, and soy sauce
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: koji

Proper noun

こうじ • (Kōji) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of こうじ – see the following entry.
【小路】
lane, alley
(This term, こうじ (kōji), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as こうじ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こうじ.)

Etymology 4

Proper noun

こうじ • (Kōji) 

  1. 光二, 光仁, 光司, 光次, 光治, 公二, 剛治, 好治: a male given name
  2. 孝志, 孝次, 孝治, 宏次, 幸二, 幸司, 幸治, 康司: a male given name
  3. 廣二, 晃二, 晃司, 晃次, 浩二, 浩司, 浩嗣, 浩次: a male given name
  4. 浩治, 考史, 耕二, 耕司, 耕治, 興二, 興司, 鉱二: a male given name
  5. 弘次, 公治: a male given name

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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