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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くう
Grade: 1
けい
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うけー [kùúkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ːke̞ː]

Noun

(くう)(けい) • (kūkei

  1. empty bedroom, bedroom in which one sleeps alone
  2. (metonymic) a lonely life without a romantic partner

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN