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くじゅ【去年】

kuju

Pronunciation: [kud͡ʑu]

Definition

Adverb, noun

  1. Last year; (archaic) yesteryear

Etymology

Attested as early as in the 1711 混効験集 Konkoukenshuu Okinawan dictionary (p. 5), under the spelling こぞ kozo. Cognate to the older Japanese term こぞ【去年】 kozo "last year", now mostly replaced with the on-reading きょねん kyonen.

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OrthographyForm
Kanji去年
Kanaくじゅ
Romanizationkuju
Pronunciation (IPA)[kud͡ʑu]

意味:きょねん【去年】、さくねん【昨年】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, April 23). くじゅ【去年】 : kuju | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/779/kuju/.