こじ

See also: こし, ごし, and ごじ

Japanese

Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of こじ – see the following entries.

【小師】 [noun] (Buddhism) a young monk less than 10 years from ordination

【火箸】 [noun] fire tongs [noun] (in Kōdō, the traditional Japanese art of incense burning) metal chopsticks used to manipulate the charcoal used Alternative spellings 火匙, 火筯

【古字】 [noun] archaic form of a Chinese character

【古寺】 [noun] old temple

【固持】 [noun] tenacity or persistence, standing one's ground, holding fast to an assertion or belief [verb] to be tenacious, to persist, to stand one's ground, to hold fast to an assertion or belief

【固辞】 [noun] firm refusal [verb] refuse firmly

【孤児】 [noun] an orphan

【故事】 [noun] historical fact (mostly related to tradition), historical event [noun] folklore

【誇示】 [noun] ostentation, splurge, flaunting [verb] display proudly

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

(The following entries are uncreated: 巾子, 居士, 怙恃, 虎児, 挙似.)