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Japanese
Noun
かう • (kau)
- 迦烏, 加烏: (obsolete) a score of nine in certain kinds of card gambling: カブ (kabu) in modern Japanese
- 寡雨: little rainfall, limited precipitation
- 花雨: a rain of flowers; rain falling on flowers
Verb
かう • (kau) godan (stem かい (kai), past かった (katta))
- 飼う: to keep (an animal)
- 買う, 代う, 換う: to buy something
- 代う, 換う, 替う: to exchange something
- 交う: to take turns, to mingle together; to exchange, to mix
- 肯う: to affirm, to consent to something, to approve something
- 支う: to support something; to bolt or lock something
Verb
かうする • (kau suru) suru (stem かうし (kau shi), past かうした (kau shita))
- 花雨: to rain flowers