Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 3
こう > ごう
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
神々しい (kyūjitai)
神神しい

Etymology edit

From /kamuɡamu//kanɡan//kauɡau//koːɡoː/: a shift from the earlier Classical adjective /kamiɡamisi/.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(こう)(ごう)しい (kōgōshiiかうがうしい (kaugausii)?-i (adverbial (こう)(ごう)しく (kōgōshiku))

  1. divine; godly

Inflection edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN