🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
くじゅ【去年】 : kuju | define meaning
kuju
Pronunciation: [kud͡ʑu]
Definition
Adverb, noun
- Last year; (archaic) yesteryear
Etymology
Attested as early as in the 1711 混効験集 Konkoukenshuu Okinawan dictionary (p. 5), under the spelling こぞ kozo. Cognate to the older Japanese term こぞ【去年】 kozo "last year", now mostly replaced with the on-reading きょねん kyonen.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 去年 |
| Kana | くじゅ |
| Romanization | kuju |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [kud͡ʑu] |
意味：きょねん【去年】、さくねん【昨年】
Categories:
去年
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, April 23). くじゅ【去年】 : kuju | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 26, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/779/kuju/.