もく

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Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of もく – see the following entries.
【木】1
a tree
Short for 木曜日 (mokuyōbi): Thursday
wood grain
【目】1
(taxonomy) an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger than a family
a playing piece in a board game, such as a stone in the game of go
a point in the game of go
(This term, もく, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as もく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もく.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 黙.)

Etymology 2

Reversal of くも (kumo, “cloud”), from the way cigarette smoke looks like clouds.

Pronunciation

Noun

もく • (moku) 

  1. (slang) cigarette
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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