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Kotomora

劫

threat, long ages

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes7

Readings

On'yomi

  • コウ
  • ゴウ
  • キョウ

Kun'yomi

  • おびや.かす

Meaning

劫 centers on a forceful, threatening action that unfolds over a long, drawn-out period: a threat that persists through long ages.

Most common words using 劫

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  • 劫こう

    kalpa (eon, aeon)

  • 億劫おっくう
    N1

    troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying

  • 未来永劫みらいえいごう

    forevermore; for eternity

  • 永劫えいごう

    eternity; perpetuity

  • スーパー劫スーパーこう

    superko; special ko rule that handles reoccurring board positions like triple ko, eternal life etc.

  • 万劫ばんごう

    eternity

  • 万劫末代まんごうまつだい

    eternity; through all eternity; for evermore; for many generations to come

  • 住劫じゅうこう

    the kalpa of existence (the second aeon of the universe)

  • 億劫がるおっくうがる

    to show unwillingness (to do); to be reluctant (to do); to look annoyed; to show signs of finding something bothersome

  • 劫掠きょうりゃく

    pillage; plunder

  • 劫火ごうか

    world-destroying conflagration

  • 劫盗ごうとう

    robbery; robber

  • 劫立てこうだて

    ko threat

  • 劫罰ごうばつ

    eternal punishment

  • 劫臈こうろう

    long time; long years of service

  • 劫臈を経るこうろうをへる

    to become skilled through years of experience

  • 四劫しこう

    the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness)

  • 塵劫記じんこうき

    Jinkōki (1627 Japanese mathematics text by Yoshida Kōyū)

  • 塵点劫じんでんごう

    incomprehensibly long time; infinity

  • 壊劫えこう

    the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe)

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Etymology

劫 combines 去 (to go away, past) with 力 (strength, force), suggesting a forceful removal or a threat that persists over time. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 去 means 'to go away' and the right side 力 means 'strength'. Imagine a threat so strong it forces you away, and this threat lasts for long ages.

Reading mnemonic

For コウ, imagine a long, drawn-out threat that makes you cough (コウ) from the stress. The coughing threat lasts for ages.