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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 麹 (kōji).
Pronunciation
Noun
koji (usually uncountable, plural kojis)
- 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.
- The mold used in such a preparation.
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
koji
- Rōmaji transcription of こじ
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
kòjī (Cyrillic spelling ко̀јӣ)
- (interrogative) which, what
- Koji je datum? ― What date is it?
- Kojim autom ideš na posao? ― What/Which car do you go to work with?
- (relative) which, that, who, whom
- Konačno sam kupila haljinu o kojoj sam ti govorila. ― I finally bought the dress that I've been telling you about.
- Neka sada pristupe oni koji imaju ikakvih pritužbi. ― May those who have any complaints step forward now.
- Ugledali su čovjeka kojeg je tražila policija. ― They saw the man whom the police were searching for.
- (informal, indefinite, shortening of pokoji) some, few
- Daj mi koji koristan savjet. ― Give me some helpful tips.
- Bio sam tamo samo koji put. ― I was there only a few times.
- Koncert je za koji dan. ― The concert is in a few days
- (informal, intensifier) what a/an, what the (used to express astonishment, anger or incredulity)
- Koji si ti glupan! ― What a fool you are!
- Koji se kurac dogodilo mom autu? ― What the fuck happened to my car?
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