甲
こう
Meanings
- Noun carapace; shell
- 1st in rank; grade A
- instep; back of hand
- the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents) See also: 乙 (おつ).
Kanji
- 甲 armor. Read as コウ.
Example sentences
- 甲の食物は乙の毒。
One man's meat is another man's poison. - 甲の損は乙の得。
One man's gain is another man's loss. - 甲の薬は乙の毒。
One man's medicine is another man's poison. - トムはガラスの破片で右手の甲に怪我をした。
The back of Tom's right hand was injured by a splinter of glass. - 愛は百人を愛すれば百分されるような量的なものではない。甲を愛しているから、乙を愛されないというのは真の愛ではない。
Love is not quantitative. If you love one hundred people, you cannot assign one hundredth of that love to each individual person. To say that you are not able to love one person because you love another is not real love.
Common phrases
- 甲と乙 (こうとおつ) the former and the latter
Words containing 甲
- 装甲 (そうこう) armoring
- 甲板 (かんぱん) deck (of a ship)
- 甲子 (きのえね) Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
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