甲こう
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Meanings
Noun
1. carapace; shell
2. 1st in rank; grade A
3. instep; back of hand
4. the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
こう
Used in vocabulary
甲こう骨こつ文も字じ
oracle bone script
Noun
甲こう掛がけ
gauntlet; spats
Noun
甲こう烏賊いか
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)
Noun
甲こう信しん越えつ地ち方ほう
Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu
Noun
甲こう州しゅう葡萄ぶどう
Kōshū (grape variety)
Noun
甲こう州しゅう味み噌そ
Kōshū miso; traditional miso of Yamanashi Prefecture fermented using both rice and barley kōji
Noun
Examples3
One man's gain is another man's loss.
One man's medicine is another man's poison.
One man's meat is another man's poison.