koji

See also: kojí, kōji, and Kōji

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (kōji).

Pronunciation

Noun

koji (usually uncountable, plural kojis)

  1. A substance that is produced by letting a mold, especially Aspergillus oryzae, grow on rice, barley, soybeans, etc., used to make fermented products such as sake, amazake, miso, and soy sauce.
  2. The mold used in such a preparation.

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

koji

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こじ

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒjiː/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ji
  • Rhymes: -jiː

Pronoun

kòjī (Cyrillic spelling ко̀јӣ)

  1. (interrogative) which, what
    Koji je datum?What date is it?
    Kojim autom ideš na posao?What/Which car do you go to work with?
  2. (relative) which, that, who, whom
    Konačno sam kupila haljinu o kojoj sam ti govorila.I finally bought the dress that I've been telling you about.
    Neka sada pristupe oni koji imaju ikakvih pritužbi.May those who have any complaints step forward now.
    Ugledali su čovjeka kojeg je tražila policija.They saw the man whom the police were searching for.
  3. (informal, indefinite, shortening of pokoji) some, few
    Daj mi koji koristan savjet.Give me some helpful tips.
    Bio sam tamo samo koji put.I was there only a few times.
    Koncert je za koji dan.The concert is in a few days
  4. (informal, intensifier) what a/an, what the (used to express astonishment, anger or incredulity)
    Koji si ti glupan!What a fool you are!
    Koji se kurac dogodilo mom autu?What the fuck happened to my car?

Declension

Derived terms

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