もく
Japanese
Noun
もく (rōmaji moku)
- 木: tree; Thursday; wood grain
- 目: an order in biology; a playing piece in a board game, a stone in the game of go; a point in the game of go
Affix
もく (rōmaji moku)
- 木: tree; wood
- 目: eye; key, point; title, heading
- 黙: silence
Etymology 2
Reversal of くも (kumo, “cloud”), from the way cigarette smoke looks like clouds.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) もく [mòkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
もく (rōmaji moku)
- (slang) cigarette
Derived terms
- もく拾い (mokuhiroi)
- 洋もく (yōmoku)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN