Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: S

Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こう)() (kōkaかうくわ (kaukwa)?

  1. coin
    Synonym: コイン (koin)
    Antonym: 紙幣 (shihei)
  2. (economics) hard currency
    Synonym: ハードカレンシー (hādo karenshī)
    Antonyms: 軟貨 (nanka), ソフト カレンシー (sofuto karenshī)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN