こうじ

See also: こうし

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

【麹】H [noun] koji: 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 [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings 糀, 糱

【工事】 [noun] construction work [noun] roadwork [verb] do construction work [verb] work on the roads

【公示】 [noun] a public announcement [verb] to announce publicly

【公事】 [noun] public affairs; government business [noun] official duties

【康治】 [proper noun] the Kōji era, 1142-1144

【弘治】 [proper noun] the Kōji era, 1555-1558

【好事】 [noun] an auspicious event [noun] a good thing; good news

【好餌】 [noun] bait

【後事】 [noun] future affairs, unfinished business

【柑子】 [noun] Koji orange, Citrus leiocarpa Alternative spelling コウジ

【高次】 [noun] a higher dimension, a higher order [noun] high level; meta- [noun] (mathematics) higher order; higher degree

【康治】 [proper noun] the Kōji era, 1142-1144

【小路】 [noun] lane, alley

(This term, こうじ (kōji), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as こうじ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こうじ.

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 口耳, 口事, 爻辞, 向自, 好字, 好辞, 行事, 孝慈, 更事, 垢膩, 狡児, 香餌, 校時, 勘事, 硬磁, 項辞, 鉤餌, 講師, 鴻慈, 鏗爾.)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

こうじ • (Kōji) 

1. 光二, 光仁, 光司, 光次, 光治, 公二, 剛治, 好治: a male given name
2. 孝志, 孝次, 孝治, 宏次, 幸二, 幸司, 幸治, 康司: a male given name
3. 廣二, 晃二, 晃司, 晃次, 浩二, 浩司, 浩嗣, 浩次: a male given name
4. 浩治, 考史, 耕二, 耕司, 耕治, 興二, 興司, 鉱二: a male given name
5. 弘次, 公治: a male given name