かう

Japanese

Noun

かう • (kau) 

1. 迦烏, 加烏: (obsolete) a score of nine in certain kinds of card gambling: カブ (kabu) in modern Japanese
2. 寡雨: little rainfall, limited precipitation
3. 花雨: a rain of flowers; rain falling on flowers

Verb

かう • (kau) godan (stem かい (kai), past かった (katta))

1. 飼う: to keep (an animal)
2. 買う, 代う, 換う: to buy something
3. 代う, 換う, 替う: to exchange something
4. 交う: to take turns, to mingle together; to exchange, to mix
5. 肯う: to affirm, to consent to something, to approve something
6. 支う: to support something; to bolt or lock something

Verb

かうする • (kau suru) suru (stem かうし (kausuru shi), past かうした (kausuru shita))

1. 花雨: to rain flowers