Info on the Kanji 往

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What is this? "往"

Meaning(s)

journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly

Reading(s)

onyomi OU
kunyomi

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stroke count 8
grade 5
jlpt level N1
Example words with 往
WordMeaning
いおう
i ou
hereafter / the future / formerly / in ancient times
いちおう
ichi ou
once / tentatively / in outline / for the time being / just in case / so far as it goes
おうおう
ouou
sometimes / often
ゆき
yuki
bound for ... / going
ゆく
yuku
to go / to proceed / to take place / to continue / to have an orgasm / to come / to cum / to trip / to get high / to have a drug-induced hallucination
おうぬ
ou nu
to go home / to go / to leave / to pass / to die / to go bad / to rot
おうおう
ou ou
sometimes / often
おうかん
oukan
traffic / coming and going / highway
おうこ
ou ko
ancient times
おうこう
oukou
outward voyage
おうこと
ou koto
the past / past events
おうじ
ouji
ancient times
おうもの
ou mono
person going / past
おうしん
oushin
first half of a reply card
おうむかし
ou mukashi
ancient times
おうだい
ou dai
ancient times / times of old / time long since passed
おうにち
ou nichi
ancient times
おうねん
ounen
former / one-time / years ago
おうふく
oufuku
making a round trip / going and returning / coming and going / round-trip ticket / return ticket / correspondence / exchanging / socializing / visiting one another
おうへん
ou hen
round trip
おうほう
ou hou
visit / interview
おうらい
ourai
coming and going / road / correspondence / street traffic / highway
おうろ
ouro
outward journey
きおう
kiou
the past
ちょくおう
choku ou
going unhesitatingly forward
ゆうおう
yuuou
spirited advance / energetically going forward
いおう
i ou
hereafter / the future / formerly / in ancient times
き来いきき
ikiki
coming and going / keeping in touch / visiting each other / street traffic / highway
なすおうなす
ou nasu
to parry / to sidestep / to let go / to chase away
にしおうにし
ou nishi
olden-day / hidden in the past
んじおうんじ
ou nji
olden-day / hidden in the past
生際おうじょうきわ
oujou kiwa
at the point of death / the time to give up
来物おうらいもの
ourai mono
elementary school textbook, used from late heian to early meiji periods
きおうしょう
kiou shou
medical history / anamnesis
きおうれき
kiou reki
case or medical history
だいおうじょう
daioujou
peaceful death
たちおうじょう
tachioujou
bring to a standstill / stalling / stranding
うおうさおう
uousaou
move about in confusion / go every which way / going right and left / this way and that
き交いゆきまじい
yuki majii
coming and going / traffic
き返りゆきかえり
yuki kaeri
round trip
古よりおうこより
ou ko yori
from times immemorial / from ancient times
事渺茫おうことびょうぼう
ou koto byou bou
memories of the past events far and distant
事茫々おうことぼう
ou koto bou
memories of the past events far and distant
事茫茫おうことぼうぼう
ou koto bou bou
memories of the past events far and distant
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Example Sentences with 往
復旅行?片道だけです。

ひんぱんに吐血する場合は、救急車を呼ぶか、近くの内科医に診してもらう。

少年少女と呼ぶべき年齢の者から、近く大生を遂げるのではないかという老齢の者の姿まである。

明日もう一度息子を診してくれるように、彼女は医師に頼んだ。



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