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行為 (こうい, koui) Japanese meaning: act | Kotomora
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ほう
律りつ
に
違い
反はん
し
て
いる
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His act violates the law.
That is an unforgivable deed.
Usage patterns 危き 険けん な 行こう 為い a dangerous act
Please stop doing such dangerous things.
行こう 為い に 及およ ぶ to go so far as to commit an act (usu. wrongful)
He went as far as to commit an act of violence.
行こう 為い を 働はたら く to commit an act (often a bad or foolish one)
He committed a fraudulent act.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 行こう 為い を 非ひ 難なん する to criticize someone's conduct
The teacher criticized the student's conduct.
Kanji 行 going, journey, carry out Related words· 7 行動 refers to concrete behavior or movement, while 行為 stresses the act itself as a deed, often with moral or legal weight.
仕業 usually names a mischievous or criminal act traced to someone, whereas 行為 is a neutral term for any act.
振る舞い describes a person's manner or conduct in a social situation, while 行為 is the more formal word for a single act.
動作 focuses on physical movement or gesture, while 行為 emphasizes the intentional or moral nature of an act.
Show 3 more 所業 is a literary word for a deed, often used sarcastically for something outrageous, unlike the neutral 行為.
行為 is the ordinary modern word for an act or deed, while 一行 in this sense is a rare, literary way of saying 'one deed.'
行為 is a more formal, often legal or ethical term for an act, whereas 行い is the everyday word used in personal moral judgments.
Word family· 61 sexual act; sexual intercourse
commercial transaction; commercial act
doer; performer; perpetrator
cheating at pachinko; scamming a pachinko parlor
Etymology Compound of 行 (action, conduct) and 為 (do, act). The word has been used in Japanese to mean a deliberate human act since at least the early modern period.
act of terror; act of terrorism
Show 6 more bookmaking; bucketing
unfair practices; wrongdoing; cheating
tort; illegal act; wrongful act
delinquency; misconduct; delinquent behavior
direct action; strike
act of aggression
