# 反故
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 反 | 故 |
| ほん Grade: 3 | く > ぐ Grade: 5 |
| goon ||
* Alternative spelling
* 反古
* [pongu] > [ɸongu] > [hongu]

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hõ̞ŋɡɯ̟]

#### Noun

反(ほん)故(ぐ) • (hongu)
* paper that has become useless; wastepaper
* something that is useless

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 反 | 故 |
| ほう Grade: 3 | く > ぐ Grade: 5 |
| irregular | goon |
* Alternative spelling
* 反古
* [poːgu] > [ɸoːgu] > [hoːgu]

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ho̞ːɡɯ̟]

#### Noun

反(ほう)故(ぐ) • (hōgu)
* paper that has become useless; wastepaper
** 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 258:Fôgu. ホゥグ (反古) 書きよごした紙, または, もう役に立たない紙, まはた, 書き直したり書きよごしたりした習字手本.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 260:Fongo. ホンゴ (反古) Fôgu (反古)の条を見よ. それというのは,このように〔Fongoと〕書かれるけれども,Fôgu (ほうぐ)と発音されるからである. 書きよごした紙などの意.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* something that is useless

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 反 | 故 |
| ほ Grade: 3 | く > ぐ Grade: 5 |
| irregular | goon |
* Alternative spelling
* 反古
* [pogu] > [ɸogu] > [hogu]

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ho̞ɡɯ̟]

#### Noun

反(ほ)故(ぐ) • (hogu)
* paper that has become useless; wastepaper
* something that is useless

### Etymology 4

Kanji in this term :
| 反 | 故 |
| ほん Grade: 3 | こ > ご Grade: 5 |
| goon | kan'on |
* Alternative spelling
* 反古
* [pongo] > [ɸongo] > [hongo]

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hõ̞ŋɡo̞]

#### Noun

反(ほん)故(ご) • (hongo)
* paper that has become useless; wastepaper
** 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 260:Fongo. ホンゴ (反古) Fôgu (反古)の条を見よ. それというのは,このように〔Fongoと〕書かれるけれども,Fôgu (ほうぐ)と発音されるからである. 書きよごした紙などの意.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* something that is useless

### Etymology 5

Kanji in this term :
| 反 | 故 |
| ほう Grade: 3 | こ > ご Grade: 5 |
| irregular | kan'on |
* Alternative spelling
* 反古
* [poːgo] > [ɸoːgo] > [hoːgo]

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ho̞ːɡo̞]

#### Noun

反(ほう)故(ご) • (hōgo)
* paper that has become useless; wastepaper
* something that is useless

### Etymology 6

Kanji in this term :
| 反 | 故 |
| ほ Grade: 3 | こ > ご Grade: 5 |
| irregular | kan'on |
* Alternative spelling
* 反古
* [pogo] > [ɸogo] > [hogo]

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ほご [hóꜜgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* (Tokyo) ほご [hògóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [ho̞ɡo̞]

#### Noun

反(ほ)故(ご) • (hogo)
* paper that has become useless; wastepaper
    Synonyms: 反故紙 (hogogami), 故紙 (koshi), 紙屑 (kamikuzu)
** 1915, 夏目漱石, 道草‎, 青空文庫:
    二人(ふたり)が帰(かえ)ったあとで、細君(さいくん)は夫(おっと)の前(まえ)に置(お)いてある二通(につう)の書付(かきつけ)を開(ひら)いて見(み)た。 「こっちの方(ほう)は虫(むし)が食(く)ってますね」 「反故(ほご)だよ。何(なん)にもならないもんだ。破(やぶ)いて紙屑籠(かみくずかご)へ入(い)れてしまえ」
       Futari ga kaetta ato de, saikun wa otto no mae ni oite aru nitsū no kakitsuke o hiraite mita. “Kotchi no hō wa mushi ga kutte masu ne” “Hogo da yo. Nan ni mo naranai mon da. Yabuite kamikuzukago e irete shimae”
       After the two had left, his wife opened up the two documents in front of him and looked at them. “This one has been eaten by worms.” “They’re wastepaper. They’re completely useless. Go ahead and tear them up and put them in the wastebasket.”
* something that is useless

##### Usage notes

This is the most common reading in modern Japanese.

##### Derived terms

* 反故(ほご)にする (hogo ni suru)
* 反故紙(ほごがみ) (hogogami)
* 古反故(ふるほご) (furuhogo)

### References

* Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.