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koji

koji

See also: kōji and Kōji

English

Noun

koji (uncountable)

  1. A mold, Aspergillus oryzae, used in the manufacture of miso, amasake, sake, etc.

Japanese

Romanization

koji

  1. rōmaji reading of こじ

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

kòjī (Cyrillic spelling ко̀јӣ)

  1. (interrogative) which, what
    koji je datum? — what date is it?
    kojom olovkom si pisao? — which pencil did you write with?
  2. (relative) which, that, who
    konačno sam kupila haljinu o kojoj sam ti govorila — I finally bought the dress that I've been telling you about
    slikar koji nije tražio zlatni rez — the painter who wasn't searching for the golden ratio
    čov(j)ek koji nije bio tamo — the man who wasn't there
  3. (indefinite) some
    daj mi koji koristan sav(j)et — give me some useful advice
    koji put — sometime(s)
    za koji dan — in a few days
  4. (as an intensifier) what a/an
    koji glupan — what an idiot!
    kakav kreten — what an idiot!
    kakva si ti budala! — you are such a fool!

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