こく

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See also: ごく

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
扱く

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

こく • (koku) godan (stem こき (koki), past こいた (koita))

  1. to pull through one's hand, as when separating grain from the stalk
    稲(いね)を扱(こ)く
    ine o koku
    (please add an English translation of this example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "こく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") こか koka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") こき koki
Shūshikei ("terminal") こく koku
Rentaikei ("attributive") こく koku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") こけ koke
Meireikei ("imperative") こけ koke
Key constructions
Passive こかれる kokareru
Causative こかせる
こかす 		kokaseru
kokasu
Potential こける kokeru
Volitional ここう kokō
Negative こかない kokanai
Negative continuative こかず kokazu
Formal こきます kokimasu
Perfective こいた koita
Conjunctive こいて koite
Hypothetical conditional こけば kokeba
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
放く

Pronunciation

Verb

こく • (koku) godan (stem こき (koki), past こいた (koita))

  1. to release from the body
    屁(へ)を放(こ)く
    he o koku
    to fart
Conjugation
Conjugation of "こく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") こか koka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") こき koki
Shūshikei ("terminal") こく koku
Rentaikei ("attributive") こく koku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") こけ koke
Meireikei ("imperative") こけ koke
Key constructions
Passive こかれる kokareru
Causative こかせる
こかす 		kokaseru
kokasu
Potential こける kokeru
Volitional ここう kokō
Negative こかない kokanai
Negative continuative こかず kokazu
Formal こきます kokimasu
Perfective こいた koita
Conjunctive こいて koite
Hypothetical conditional こけば kokeba

Etymology 3

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

こく or コク • (koku) 

  1. (of food) rich flavor

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of こく – see the following entries.
【酷】S
cruel, severe, harsh, merciless
extremely, excessively
cruelty, severity, harshness, mercilessness
【石】1
a traditional Japanese unit of volume:
for grains of rice; one koku is equal to approximately 180 litres
(by extension, historical) for land of famous daimyo or samurai; one koku is also approximately 180 litres
for 和船 (wasen); one koku is equal to 10 cubic shaku or approximately 0.278 cubic metres
a unit of quantity for 鮭 (sake, “salmon”) and 鱒 (masu, “trout”); one koku is equal to 40 salmon or 60 trout
【国】2
a land, a large place
a country in general, a region
a country as in a nation, a state
(This term, こく (koku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as こく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こく.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 刻, 古句, 剋.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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