孤独

See also: 孤獨

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 孤独 – see 孤獨 (“lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate; isolated and helpless; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 孤獨).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孤 独
こ
Grade: S
どく
Grade: 5
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
孤獨 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

孤(こ)独(どく) • (kodoku) ←こどく (kodoku)?-na (adnominal 孤(こ)独(どく)な (kodoku na), adverbial 孤(こ)独(どく)に (kodoku ni))

  1. lonely

Inflection

Noun

孤(こ)独(どく) • (kodoku) ←こどく (kodoku)?

  1. loneliness
  2. solitude

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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