こうじ

See also: こうし

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of こうじ – see the following entries.

【工事】	[noun] construction work [noun] roadwork [verb] do construction work [verb] work on the roads

【公示】	[noun] a public announcement [verb] to announce publicly

【公事】	[noun] public affairs; government business [noun] official duties

【康治】	[proper noun] the Kōji era, 1142-1144

【弘治】	[proper noun] the Kōji era, 1555-1558

【好事】	[noun] an auspicious event [noun] a good thing; good news

【好餌】	[noun] bait

【後事】	[noun] future affairs, unfinished business

【柑子】	[noun] Koji orange, Citrus leiocarpa Alternative spelling コウジ

【高次】	[noun] a higher dimension, a higher order [noun] high level; meta- [noun] (mathematics) higher order; higher degree

【康治】	[proper noun] the Kōji era, 1142-1144

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

(The following entries are uncreated: 口耳, 口事, 爻辞, 向自, 好字, 好辞, 行事, 孝慈, 更事, 垢膩, 狡児, 香餌, 校時, 勘事, 硬磁, 項辞, 鉤餌, 講師, 鴻慈, 鏗爾.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
麹糀糱

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

麹

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Aspergillus oryzae

Wikipedia

Two likely derivations:

Shift from a compound of 黴 (kabi, “mold”) +‎ 発ち (tachi, stem or continuative form of verb 発つ (tatsu), "to arise").
/kabi tati/ → /kaũtat͡ɕi/ → /kaũdat͡ɕi/ → /kaud͡ʑi/ → /kɔːd͡ʑi/ → /koːd͡ʑi/
Alternatively, a shift from 醸し (kamoshi), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 醸す (kamosu, “to brew”).
/kamosi/ → /kamuɕi/ → /kaũɕi/ → /kaũʑi/ → /kɔːʑi/ → /koːd͡ʑi/

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーじ [kòójí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːʑi]

Noun

こうじ • (kōji) ^{←かうぢ (kaudi)^?}

koji: a substance that is produced by letting a mold, especially Aspergillus oryzae, grow on rice, barley, soybeans, etc., used to make fermented products such as sake, amazake, miso, and soy sauce

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: koji
- ⇒ English: kojic

Proper noun

こうじ • (Kōji)

a surname

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of こうじ – see the following entry.

【小路】	[noun] lane, alley

(This term, こうじ (kōji), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as こうじ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こうじ.)

Etymology 4

Proper noun

こうじ • (Kōji)

光二, 光仁, 光司, 光次, 光治, 公二, 剛治, 好治: a male given name
孝志, 孝次, 孝治, 宏次, 幸二, 幸司, 幸治, 康司: a male given name
廣二, 晃二, 晃司, 晃次, 浩二, 浩司, 浩嗣, 浩次: a male given name
浩治, 考史, 耕二, 耕司, 耕治, 興二, 興司, 鉱二: a male given name
弘次, 公治: a male given name

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[1]

[2]