こく

See also: ごく

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
扱く

Alternative forms

こぐ (kogu)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こく [kóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟]

Verb

こく • (koku) godan (stem こき (koki), past こいた (koita))

to pull through one's hand, as when separating grain from the stalk
稲(いね)を扱(こ)く
ine o koku
(please add an English translation of this example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "こく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	こか	koka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	こき	koki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	こく	koku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	こく	koku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	こけ	koke
Meireikei ("imperative")	こけ	koke
Key constructions
Passive	こかれる	kokareru
Causative	こかせるこかす	kokaseru kokasu
Potential	こける	kokeru
Volitional	ここう	kokō
Negative	こかない	kokanai
Negative continuative	こかず	kokazu
Formal	こきます	kokimasu
Perfective	こいた	koita
Conjunctive	こいて	koite
Hypothetical conditional	こけば	kokeba

Synonyms

扱(しご)く (shigoku)

Derived terms

足(あし)コキ (ashikoki, “footjob”)
手(て)コキ (tekoki, “handjob”)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
放く

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こく [kóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟]

Verb

こく • (koku) godan (stem こき (koki), past こいた (koita))

to release from the body
屁(へ)を放(こ)く
he o koku
to fart

Conjugation

Conjugation of "こく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	こか	koka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	こき	koki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	こく	koku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	こく	koku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	こけ	koke
Meireikei ("imperative")	こけ	koke
Key constructions
Passive	こかれる	kokareru
Causative	こかせるこかす	kokaseru kokasu
Potential	こける	kokeru
Volitional	ここう	kokō
Negative	こかない	kokanai
Negative continuative	こかず	kokazu
Formal	こきます	kokimasu
Perfective	こいた	koita
Conjunctive	こいて	koite
Hypothetical conditional	こけば	kokeba

Etymology 3

From 濃(こ)く (koku), the adverbial form of 濃(こ)い (koi, “deep, strong”), or 酷(こく) (koku, “intense, severe”).

Alternative forms

こく味(み) (koku-mi)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こく [kòkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) こく [kòkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟]

Noun

こく or コク • (koku)

(of food) rich flavor

Etymology 4

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

【酷】S	[adjective] [from 1754] cruel, severe, harsh, merciless [adjective] [from 1878] extremely, excessively [noun] [from 1754] cruelty, severity, harshness, mercilessness

【石】1

[noun] a traditional Japanese unit of volume, one koku is ten 斗 (to):

[noun] for grains of rice; one koku is equal to approximately 180 litres

[noun] (by extension, historical) for land of famous daimyo or samurai; one koku is also approximately 180 litres

[noun] for 和船 (wasen); one koku is equal to 10 cubic shaku or approximately 0.278 cubic metres

[noun] a unit of quantity for 鮭 (sake, “salmon”) and 鱒 (masu, “trout”); one koku is equal to 40 salmon or 60 trout

【国】2	[noun] a land, a large place [noun] a country in general, a region [noun] a country as in a nation, a state

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

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 刻, 古句, 剋.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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