Moto 溝: Gutter; Ditch; SewerKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コウ
- Kun'yomi
- みぞ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 55 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コウ)
- 側溝そっこうgutter; ditch
- 排水溝はいすいこうdrainage; gutter
- 海溝かいこうocean trench; deep
- マリアナ海溝マリアナかいこうMariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)
- 下水溝げすいこうdrainage ditch; canal
- 共同溝きょうどうこうmultipurpose underground utility conduit
- 地溝ちこうrift valley
- 地溝油ちこうゆgutter oil; recycled waste oil sold illicitly in China as a cheaper alternative to cooking oil
- 外側溝がいそくこうlateral sulcus (brain structure); Sylvian fissure
- 暗溝あんこうsubterranean drain; culvert
- 歯肉溝しにくこうgingival sulcus
- 溝渠こうきょditch; sewer
- 溝溜こうりゅうdrain and pool for collecting sewage, etc.
- 溝状舌こうじょうぜつfissured tongue
- 溝腹綱こうふくこうSolenogastres (subclass of small worm-like molluscs)
- 皮溝ひこうepidermal depression; skin depression
- 盧溝橋ろこうきょうMarco Polo Bridge (China)
- 盧溝橋事件ろこうきょうじけんMarco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)
- 脳溝のうこうsulcus; groove in the surface of the brain
- 蘆溝橋ろこうきょうMarco Polo Bridge (China)
- 蘆溝橋事件ろこうきょうじけんMarco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)
- 鼻唇溝びしんこうnasolabial sulcus; nasolabial groove
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 溝みぞditch; drain
- にげ溝にげみぞclearance groove; under cut
- キー溝キーみぞkeyway
- レコードの溝レコードのみぞrecord groove
- 押さえ溝おさえみぞgroove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade
- 溝があるみぞがあるto be estranged
- 溝が有るみぞがあるto be estranged
- 溝レールみぞレールgrooved rail
- 溝五位みぞごいJapanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)
- 溝削りみぞけずりfluting; grooving
- 溝形鋼みぞがたこうchannel (type of section steel)
- 溝掘り機みぞほりきditching machine
- 畝溝うねみぞfurrow ridges
- 逃げ溝にげみぞclearance groove; under cut
Other readings
- 上溝桜うわみずざくらJapanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana); Gray's bird cherry
- 大溝おおどぶlarge ditch
- 大葉溝酸漿おおばみぞほおずきplant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)
- 日本海溝にほんかいこうJapan Trench
- 溝に捨てるどぶにすてるto throw down the drain; to waste
- 溝川どぶがわditch with running water; drainage channel
- 溝板どぶいたboards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.)
- 溝水どぶみずditch water
- 溝泥どぶどろditch mud
- 溝浚いどぶさらいcleaning out mud from a ditch or drain
- 溝萩みそはぎLythrum anceps (species of loosestrife)
- 溝蜆どぶしじみSphaerium japonicum (species of fingernail clam)
- 溝貝どぶがいChinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana)
- 溝酸漿みぞほおずきmonkey flower (plant); mimulus (plant) (Mimulus nepalensis var. japonicus)
- 溝隠みぞかくしChinese lobelia (Lobelia chinensis)
- 溝鼠どぶねずみbrown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat
- 蝦夷上溝桜えぞのうわみずざくらbird cherry (Prunus padus)
- Ｌ字溝エルじこうL-shaped gutter; L-shaped drain
- Ｕ字溝ユーじこうU-shaped gutter
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