杳乎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よう
Hyōgai

Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Etymology

From (よう) (, deep, dark, distant) + () (ko, state, appearance).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jo̞ːko̞]

Adjective

(よう)() • (yōko-tari (adnominal (よう)()とした (yōko to shita) or (よう)()たる (yōko taru), adverbial (よう)() (yōko to) or (よう)()として (yōko to shite)) (Classical Japanese)

  1. appearing deep, dark or distant