孤独

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See also: 孤獨

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 孤獨 (“lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate; isolated and helpless; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 孤獨).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
どく
Grade: 5
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
孤獨 (kyūjitai)
 孤独 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(どく) (kodokuこどく (kodoku)?-na (adnominal ()(どく) (kodoku na), adverbial ()(どく) (kodoku ni))

  1. lonely

Inflection

Noun

()(どく) (kodokuこどく (kodoku)?

  1. loneliness
  2. solitude

Derived terms

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
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN