候 – vocab dash

Keyword

season

climate
weather
wait for
expect

Frequency: #510
Strokes: 10
Grade: 4
JLPT (old): N2
Heisig: 1769

Readings

コウ92%

そうろう8%

Mnemonic

A thin person pokes a submarine periscope above the ice with a stick, sees an arrow-shaped flock flying south, and knows the season has turned.

Stroke order

Composed of

亻thin person 丨stick ユsubmarine periscope 矢arrow

Used in vocabulary

候こう補ほ

candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list; candidacy; candidature; nomination

Noun

立りっ候こう補ほ

candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

Noun

症しょう候こう群ぐん

syndrome

Noun

気き候こう

climate

Noun

天てん候こう

weather

Noun

兆ちょう候こう

sign; indication; omen; symptom

Noun

候こう補ほ者しゃ

candidate; applicant

Noun

悪あく天てん候こう

bad weather

Noun

測そっ候こう所じょ

weather measurement station

Noun

候こう

season; weather

Noun

候そろ

to be; to do

Auxiliary

候ふそうろう

to serve (by a superior's side); to be; to do

Archaic verb

居い候そうろう

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

Noun

立りっ候こう補ほ者しゃ

candidate (for an election)

Noun

斥せっ候こう

scout; patrol; spy

Noun

症しょう候こう

symptom

Noun

時じ候こう

season; time of the year

Noun

全ぜん天てん候こう

all-weather; weather-proof

Noun

宜候ようそろ

keep (it) steady (after a turn); understood; alright

Interjection

又候またぞろ

(yet) again

Adverb

測そっ候こう

meteorological observation

Noun

伺し候こう

waiting upon (someone)

Noun

季き候こう

season; climate

Noun