こうぼう

See also: こうほう and ごうほう

Japanese

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

【工房】 [noun] artist's studio [noun] workshop

【弘法】 [proper noun] Short for 弘法大師 (Kōbō Daishi): the posthumous name of 空海 (Kūkai), founder of the esoteric Shingon sect of Buddhism [proper noun] a surname [noun] (euphemistic) male homosexuality

(This term, こうぼう (kōbō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)