Vocab Info

N5 Noun

()こうopposite side, other side, opposite direction

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      opposite side, other side

    2. Noun

      2.

      over there, ahead, beyond, (in the) distance, far away, far off

    3. Noun

      3.

      destination, there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)

    4. Noun

      4.

      the other party, the other side

    5. Noun

      5.

      from now, next (e.g. two weeks), coming ..., from ... onwards

    All Forms

    向こう 【むこう】向う 【むこう】

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    Details

    • Pitch Accent

    • Novels Top 900

    Examples

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      ()こうには(なに)があるの?

      What's over there?

      • N5

      (とお)りの()こう()

      I will go to the other side of the street.

      • N5

      看板(かんばん):「(およ)いで(かわ)()こう(わた)るな!」

      Sign: 'Don't swim across the river!'

      • N5

      この世界(せかい)()こうには、あの()があるらしい。

      On the other side of this world, it seems that there is the afterlife.

      この(みち)()こう治安(ちあん)(わる)いんだって。

      It seems that the safety on the other side of this street is poor.

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