kokoro

Borrowed from Japanese 心(こころ) (kokoro, “heart, mind, spirit”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊkəˌɹoʊ/

kokoro (plural not attested)

1. (fandom slang, chiefly anime and manga) A heart.
   • 1992 December 7, Mike, “Re: When Things Go Wrong”, in bit.listserv.allmusic‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <ALLMUSIC%92120719125825@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>:

     Fame is for weenies. I'd rather be remembered for inventing a weird guitar effect or a recording technique than becoming famous by a song, unless the song is genuinely from my kokoro.

kokoro

1. Rōmaji transcription of こころ

• IPA^(key): /kokoro/

kokoro

1. impoverished; poor
2. unfed
3. suffering
4. miserable

14th century, Astana Gede Inscription:

aya ma nu ngeusi dayeuh baweu ulah botoh bisi kokoro.

If there be any who doth reside within this country, be ye not greedy, for it shall bring forth misery.

• > Sundanese: kokoro (inherited)

Borrowed from Japanese 心 (kokoro).

• IPA^(key): /koˈkoɾo/ [koˈko.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: ko‧ko‧ro

kokoro m (plural kokoros)

1. (fandom slang) heart
   • 2021-11-19, @angelgarmol, Instagram :https://www.instagram.com/p/CWdATo4Lcy-/

     de verdad que me gusta mucho hacer retratos y me siento afortunado cuando soy de los primeros fotógrafos con los que alguien trabajo. Me llena el kokoro ver como la gente se desenvuelve al ir avanzando la sesión ñ.ñ

     I truly like to make portraits and I feel so fortunate when I am among someone's first photographers they worked with. It fills my kokoro [with joy] to see how people relax as the session advances [happy Japanese-style horizontal smiley]

Inherited from Old Sundanese kokoro.

• IPA^(key): /kokoro/

kokoro

1. impoverished; poor
2. unfed
3. suffering
4. miserable

• IPA^(key): /kò.kò.ɾò/

kòkòrò

1. insect, bug
2. (euphemistic, childish) penis

   Synonym: okó

3. pathogen, virus, bacteria

   Synonyms: kòkòrò àrùn (“pathogen”), èràn (“virus”), bakitéríà (“bacteria”)

(penis): often used when talking to children.

• IPA^(key): /kó.kó.ɾó/

kókóró

1. kokoro; a Nigerian street snack made from a paste of maize flour mixed with sugar and gàrí (cassava flour) or yam flour which is deep-fried.

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