こうとう

See also: こうどう, ごうとう, and ごうどう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of こうとう – see the following entries.

【口答】 [noun] oral answer [verb] answer orally

【口頭】 [noun] oral

【公党】 [noun] (politics) party

【公道】 [adjective] (Classical Japanese) modest and sturdy

【公稲】 [noun] (historical) rice collected as tax in kind for the support of officials

【叩頭】 [noun] a kowtow, a deep bow so low that one's head touches the ground in Chinese culture [verb] kowtow, make a very deep bow such that one's head touches the ground in Chinese culture

【光頭】 [noun] bald-headed

【好投】 [noun] nice pitching [verb] to pitch well

【江東】 [proper noun] Kōtō (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] Jiangdong (a district of Zhejiang, China)

【後唐】 [proper noun] Later Tang (923–937)

【後頭】 [noun] (anatomy) an occiput

【洪濤】 [noun] great wave Alternative spelling 洪涛

【皇統】 [noun] the imperial family line

【紅灯】 [noun] a red light

【荒唐】 [noun] absurdity [adjective] absurd; ridiculous; nonsensical

【香頭】 [noun] seasoning for 吸い物 (suimono, “clear Japanese soup”) Alternative spelling 鴨頭

【降等】 [noun] (chiefly Imperial Japanese Army / Navy) demotion [verb] to demote

【高塔】 [noun] a high tower

【高等】 [adjective] higher, advanced [noun] (education) high class; high grade

【高踏】 [noun] highbrow, aloof

【高騰】 [noun] rise [noun] (narrowly): sudden price rise, steep price jump [verb] to rise Alternative spelling 昂騰

【喉頭】 [noun] larynx, voice box

(This term, こうとう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 勾当, 功稲, 恰当, 浩滔, 浩蕩, 寇盗, 港頭.)