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交媾 (こうこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

交こう媾こう

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Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

sexual union; copulation

Formal, technical, or literary term for sexual intercourse. Not used in everyday conversation; in modern casual contexts, セックス or 性交 are more common.

生せい物ぶつ学がくの教きょう科か書しょでは、動どう物ぶつの交こう媾こうについて詳くわしく説せつ明めいされている。
In biology textbooks, animal copulation is explained in detail.

この小しょう説せつには、男だん女じょの交こう媾こうを描えがいた場ば面めんがある。

This novel contains a scene depicting sexual union between a man and a woman.

Kanji

交mingle, mixing, association
媾association, intimacy

Similar words

性せい交こう
More common and neutral term for sexual intercourse, used in both formal and informal contexts.
セックス
Common loanword for sex, used in everyday conversation.

Etymology

Composed of 交 (intercourse, mixing) and 媾 (marriage, union). The character 媾 is rare and primarily appears in this compound. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is a Sino-Japanese compound (kango) with a formal, literary tone.