kō
1. death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
Noun
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1. death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
1. shibori; tie-dye
2. aperture; aperture stop
3. contraction; squeezing
1. to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze
2. to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press
+ 10 additional meanings1. strangling (to death); strangulation
1. to squeeze; to wring out
2. to narrow down; to refine
1. death by hanging; execution by hanging
1. to strangle; to constrict
1. wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
1. Squeeze and; Squeeze to
1. Wringed; Squeezed