のう

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of のう – see the following entries.
【農】3 Category:Japanese nouns#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のうCategory:Japanese nouns#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のう
[noun] agriculture, farming
[noun] a farmer
【能】5 Category:Japanese nouns#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のうCategory:Japanese nouns#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のうCategory:Japanese nouns#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のう
[noun] (theater) Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama
[noun] ability, capacity, aptitude
[noun] effect, use
【脳】6 Category:Japanese nouns#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のうCategory:Japanese nouns#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のうCategory:Japanese affixes#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のうCategory:Japanese affixes#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のうCategory:Japanese affixes#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のう
[noun] (anatomy) the brain
[noun] (by extension, figurative) one's brains, one's mental functioning
[affix] brain
[affix] head
[affix] chief, principal
【濃】S Category:Japanese affixes#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のう
[affix] dark color
【膿】H Category:Japanese affixes#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のうCategory:Japanese nouns#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のう
[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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Etymology 2

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Shift from な (na, emotive or emphatic particle)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#のう.[1]

/na/ → /nɔː/ → /noː/

Particle

のう • (nōCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#のうCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#のう) ←なう (nau)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#のう?Category:Japanese lemmas#のうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#のうCategory:Japanese particles#のうCategory:Japanese hiragana#のうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#のうCategory:Pages with entries#のうCategory:Pages with 1 entry#のう

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

Category:Japanese affixes Category:Japanese hiragana Category:Japanese lemmas Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Category:Japanese nouns Category:Japanese particles Category:Japanese redlinks/ja-see Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Category:Japanese terms with usage examples Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Requests for attention concerning Japanese Category:Requests for etymologies in Japanese entries