のう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of のう – see the following entries.

【農】3	[noun] agriculture, farming [noun] a farmer

【能】5	[noun] Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama. [noun] ability, capacity, aptitude. [noun] effect, use.

【脳】6	[noun] (anatomy) the brain [noun] (by extension, figurative) one's brains, one's mental functioning [affix] brain [affix] head [affix] chief, principal

【濃】S	[affix] dark color

【膿】H	[affix] (medicine) pus [noun] (medicine) pus

(This term, のう (nō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as のう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as のう.)

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のう • (nō) ^{←なう (nau)^?}

(sentence-final) Used to express exclamation.
不(ふ)思(し)議(ぎ)じゃのう。
Fushigi ja nō.
No way!