角
かど
hepburn kado
corner, angle
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 次の角を右へ。Right at the next corner.
- 机の角に当たった。I bumped into the corner of the desk.
Collocations
角 (kado, corner)角を曲がる (kado wo magaru, turn corner)曲がり角 (magarikado, corner)角度 (kakudo, angle)三角 (sankaku, triangle)
Mnemonic
Kado (角) is "corner" — Yamato kado (standalone), on-yomi kaku (kakudo, sankaku, chokkaku). Senses: (1) road (kado wo magaru, pair with magari-kado covered in magaru); (2) furniture (tsukue no kado); (3) horn (tsuno: shika no tsuno). Idiom kado ga tatsu (social friction) ties to wa (harmony) code. Korean motungi, Chinese jiao diverge. JLPT N5 kado pairs with kakudo / sankaku.
Quick check
Metaphor kado ga tatsu?