A Desperate Japanese Homonym
Since Japanese has few sounds, there are so many homonyms.
絶望的な同音異義語
Among them, the homonym that has the most number of different meanings is “koushou” (こうしょう).
日本語は音の数が少ないため、多くの同音異義語が存在します。
Amazingly, “koushou” has 48 different meanings.
その中でも、最も多くの意味を有する日本語は、「こうしょう」です。
It is very hard for anyone to use all of them well in conversation, but fortunately the most common meanings of “koushou” are just the following three:
「こうしょう」の同音異義語は、48個も存在します。
“交渉,” meaning “negotiation.”
これら全てを会話で使い分けるのは至難の業ですが、幸いにも日常会話でよく使われる意味は以下の3つ程度です。
“高尚,” meaning “elegance.”
「交渉」・・・negotiation
“校章,” meaning “school seal.”
「高尚」・・・elegance
In my opinion, other meanings of “kosho” are professional or very formal, so they’re not usually used.
「校章」・・・school seal
