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koji

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See also: kojí, kōji, and Kōji

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese (kōji).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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koji (usually uncountable, plural kojis)

  1. 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.
  2. The mold used in such a preparation.

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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koji

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こじ

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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kòjī (Cyrillic spelling ко̀јӣ)

  1. (interrogative) which, what
    Koji je datum?What date is it?
    Kojim autom ideš na posao?What/Which car do you go to work with?
  2. (relative) which, that, who, whom
    Konačno sam kupila haljinu o kojoj sam ti govorila.I finally bought the dress that I've been telling you about.
    Neka sada pristupe oni koji imaju ikakvih pritužbi.May those who have any complaints step forward now.
    Ugledali su čovjeka kojeg je tražila policija.They saw the man whom the police were searching for.
  3. (informal, indefinite, shortening of pokoji) some, few
    Daj mi koji koristan savjet.Give me some helpful tips.
    Bio sam tamo samo koji put.I was there only a few times.
    Koncert je za koji dan.The concert is in a few days
  4. (informal, intensifier) what a/an, what the (used to express astonishment, anger or incredulity)
    Koji si ti glupan!What a fool you are!
    Koji se kurac dogodilo mom autu?What the fuck happened to my car?

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