# こく
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Alternative spelling
* 扱く

#### Alternative forms

* こぐ (kogu)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こく [kóꜜkù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞kɯ̟]

#### Verb

こく • (koku) godan (stem こき (koki), past こいた (koita))
* to pull through one's hand, as when separating grain from the stalk
    稲(いね)を扱(こ)く
       ine o koku
       (please add an English translation of this example)

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | こか | koka |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | こき | koki |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | こく | koku |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | こく | koku |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | こけ | koke |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | こけ | koke |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | こかれる | kokareru |
| Causative | こかせる こかす | kokaseru kokasu |
| Potential | こける | kokeru |
| Volitional | ここう | kokō |
| Negative | こかない | kokanai |
| Negative continuative | こかず | kokazu |
| Formal | こきます | kokimasu |
| Perfective | こいた | koita |
| Conjunctive | こいて | koite |
| Hypothetical conditional | こけば | kokeba |

##### Synonyms

* 扱(しご)く (shigoku)

##### Derived terms

* 足(あし)コキ (ashikoki, “footjob”)
* 手(て)コキ (tekoki, “handjob”)

### Etymology 2

* Alternative spelling
* 放く

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こく [kóꜜkù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞kɯ̟]

#### Verb

こく • (koku) godan (stem こき (koki), past こいた (koita))
* to release from the body
    屁(へ)を放(こ)く
       he o koku
       to fart

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | こか | koka |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | こき | koki |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | こく | koku |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | こく | koku |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | こけ | koke |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | こけ | koke |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | こかれる | kokareru |
| Causative | こかせる こかす | kokaseru kokasu |
| Potential | こける | kokeru |
| Volitional | ここう | kokō |
| Negative | こかない | kokanai |
| Negative continuative | こかず | kokazu |
| Formal | こきます | kokimasu |
| Perfective | こいた | koita |
| Conjunctive | こいて | koite |
| Hypothetical conditional | こけば | kokeba |

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Alternative forms

* こく味(み) (koku-mi)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こく [kòkú] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) こく [kòkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [ko̞kɯ̟]

#### Noun

こく or コク • (koku)
* (of food) rich flavor

### Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of こく – see the following entries. :
| 【酷】S | [adjective] [from 1754] cruel, severe, harsh, merciless [adjective] [from 1878] extremely, excessively [noun] [from 1754] cruelty, severity, harshness, mercilessness |
| 【石】1 | [noun] a traditional Japanese unit of volume: [noun] for grains of rice; one koku is equal to approximately 180 litres [noun] (by extension, historical) for land of famous daimyo or samurai; one koku is also approximately 180 litres [noun] for 和船 (wasen); one koku is equal to 10 cubic shaku or approximately 0.278 cubic metres [noun] a unit of quantity for 鮭 (sake, “salmon”) and 鱒 (masu, “trout”); one koku is equal to 40 salmon or 60 trout |
| 【国】2 | [noun] a land, a large place [noun] a country in general, a region [noun] a country as in a nation, a state |
(This term, こく (koku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as こく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こく.) :
(The following entries are uncreated: 刻, 古句, 剋.)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN