孤独 (こどく)solitude; loneliness; isolation
- solitude; loneliness; isolationnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Kanji in 孤独
- 孤Orphan; AloneRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
- 独Single; Alone; SpontaneouslyRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
Words that share its kanji
- 孤児こじorphan
- 孤立こりつisolation; being alone
- 孤児院こじいんorphanage
- 孤島ことうsolitary island
- 孤軍奮闘こぐんふんとうfighting alone
- 孤高ここうaloof; proudly independent
- 中国残留孤児ちゅうごくざんりゅうこじJapanese orphans left behind in China (after WWII); war-displaced Japanese in China
- 天涯孤独てんがいこどくa person without a single relative
- 独立どくりつindependence; self-reliance
- 独自どくじoriginal; unique
- 単独たんどくsole; single
- 独特どくとくpeculiarity; uniqueness
- 独立国どくりつこくindependent state; independent nation
- 東独とうどくEast Germany (1949-1990)
- 独占どくせんmonopoly; monopolization
- 独裁どくさいdictatorship; despotism
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