どう, 如何
Adverb, See こう・1, See そう・1, See ああ, Usually in kana
how, in what way, how about
コンタクトを入れるというのはいかがでしょう?
どう
Interjection, See どうどう・2
whoa (command used to stop a horse, etc.)
同, どう
Prefix
1. the same, the said
2. likewise
英語はドイツ語と同語族である。
銅, 赤金, どう, あか, あかがね
1. copper (Cu)
Only どう, See 銅メダル, Abbreviation
2. bronze (medal)
銅はよく電気を通す。
堂, どう
Noun, used as a suffix
1. temple, shrine, chapel
2. hall
Suffix, suffix attached to the names of some businesses, stores, etc.
3. company
Noun, used as a prefix, See 表座敷, Archaism
4. front room
動, どう
Antonym: 静・1
motion
私たちはスペリオル湖まで景色のよい自動車動をドライブした。
洞, どう
Anatomical term
1. sinus, cavity, antrum
2. neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
胴, どう
1. trunk, torso, body, abdomen, waist
2. plastron (in kendo), touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
3. frame (of a drum, etc.), sound box (of a shamisen, etc.), hull (of a ship)
See 親・おや・2, hanafuda, Obscure term, also written as 筒
4. dealer
ダックスフントは、非常に長い胴と短い足をしたドイツ犬である。
道, どう
See 道・みち・1, Abbreviation
1. road, path, street, route
See 道・みち・5
2. way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself
3. Buddhist teachings
4. Taoism
5. modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
道は急斜面をジグザグにのぼっていた。
ど, どう, ド
Prefix, occ. written 度 (ateji)
1. precisely, exactly, plumb, totally, very much
2. damn, stupid, cursed
幢, 幡幢, はたほこ, はたぼこ, どう
See 鉾・1, Buddhist term
1. long-handled Chinese spear bearing a small flag
Only どう
2. banner, hanging
なる, 成る, 為る
Conjugated: なりました
Godan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
1. to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain
2. to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be)
as ...からなる or ...よりなる
3. to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of
4. to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished
5. to change (into), to turn (into), to transform
1チームは9人の選手から成る。
鳴る, なる
Conjugated: なりました
Godan verb, Intransitive
to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
電話は繰り返し鳴っていた。
なる, 生る
Conjugated: なりました
Godan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
to bear fruit
この木は実がならない。
か
Particle, at sentence end
1. indicates a question
after each alternative
2. or, whether or not
See 何か・1, after an interrogative
3. some- (e.g. something, someone)
indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles
4. hmm, huh
Prefix, See か弱い, emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective
5. very