はいこう

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はいこー [hàíkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠iko̞ː]

Noun

はいこう • (haikō) 

1. 背甲: the shell of a turtle or tortoise
2. 背向: disobeying and obeying
3. 配光: the distribution of light around a room
4. 配向: orientation, especially of molecules in a magnetic field or in a crystal
5. 廃坑, 廃鉱: an abandoned mine
6. 廃校: a closed school
7. 廃興: the fall and rise of something, the fate of something

Verb

はいこうする • (haikō suru) suru (stem はいこうし (haikōsuru shi), past はいこうした (haikōsuru shita))

1. 廃坑, 廃鉱: to abandon a mine
2. 廃校: to close a school
3. 廃興: to fall and rise