Japanese
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Etymology 1
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For pronunciation and definitions of こうじ – see the following entries.
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【康治】
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- [proper noun] the Kōji era, 1142-1444
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【弘治】
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- [proper noun] the Kōji era, 1555-1558
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【好事】
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- [noun] an auspicious event
- [noun] a good thing; good news
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【後事】
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- [noun] future affairs, unfinished business
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【康治】
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- [proper noun] the Kōji era, 1142-1444
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(This term, こうじ, 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.)
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(The following entries are uncreated: 口耳, 口事, 爻辞, 向自, 好字, 好辞, 行事, 孝慈, 更事, 垢膩, 柑子, 狡児, 香餌, 校時, 勘事, 硬磁, 項辞, 鉤餌, 講師, 鴻慈, 鏗爾.)
Etymology 2
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Two likely derivations:
- Shift from a compound of 黴 (kabi, “mold”) + 発ち (tachi, stem or continuative form of verb 発つ (tatsu), "to arise").
- /kabi tati/ → /kaũtat͡ɕi/ → /kaũdat͡ɕi/ → /kaud͡ʑi/ → /kɔːd͡ʑi/ → /koːd͡ʑi/
- Alternatively, a shift from 醸し (kamoshi), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 醸す (kamosu, “to brew”).
- /kamosi/ → /kamuɕi/ → /kaũɕi/ → /kaũʑi/ → /kɔːʑi/ → /koːd͡ʑi/
Pronunciation
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こうじ • (kōji) ←かうぢ (kaudi)?
- 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
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Proper noun
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こうじ • (Kōji)
- a surname
Etymology 3
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For pronunciation and definitions of こうじ – see the following entry.
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(This term, こうじ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as こうじ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こうじ.)
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Etymology 4
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Proper noun
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こうじ • (Kōji)
- 光二, 光仁, 光司, 光次, 光治, 公二, 剛治, 好治: a male given name
- 孝志, 孝次, 孝治, 宏次, 幸二, 幸司, 幸治, 康司: a male given name
- 廣二, 晃二, 晃司, 晃次, 浩二, 浩司, 浩嗣, 浩次: a male given name
- 浩治, 考史, 耕二, 耕司, 耕治, 興二, 興司, 鉱二: a male given name
- 弘次, 公治: a male given name
References
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- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN