わう

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For pronunciation and definitions of わう – see the following entries.
おう1
[noun] a king, especially one who is not East Asian or was East Asian in pre-imperial times; in China and Vietnam, generally a king before Qin Shi Huangdi who invented the title 皇帝 (kōtei, huangdi; emperor); in Korea, one of the many kings before the Korean Empire which was modeled after Japan's; in Japan, one of the rulers before Emperor Jinmu
[noun] an East Asian queen regnant
[noun] a nobility title for a Chinese or Vietnamese prince, bestowed on one of the 皇帝 (kōtei, huangdi; emperor)'s adult sons, brothers, or nephews, especially as a coming-of-age title, generally comes with an estate ("principality"); compare 皇子 (ōji, imperial princes, especially pre-adult ones) and (, dukes, an alternative used by certain dynasties)
[noun] a Japanese prince's son (such princes include 親王 (shinnō) or (ō) themselves)
[affix] king
おう2
[affix] yellow
おう3
[affix] sideways, horizontal
[affix] self-willed; arbitrary; unrestrained and aggressive
[affix] sudden; unexpected
[affix] brimming
おう5
[affix] to go to, to head for
[affix] past, previous
おう6
[affix] emperor, mikado, tenno
おうS
[affix] prosperous; vigorous
(This term, わう (wau), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as わう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as わう.)