English

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Etymology

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

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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.

Japanese

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Romanization

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kokoro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こころ

Old Sundanese

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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.

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  • > Sundanese: kokoro (inherited)

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese (kokoro).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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]

Sundanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Sundanese kokoro.

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kokoro

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

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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kòkòrò

  1. insect, bug
  2. (euphemistic, childish) penis
    Synonym: okó
  3. pathogen, virus, bacteria
    Synonyms: kòkòrò àrùn (pathogen), èràn (virus), bakitéríà (bacteria)
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(penis): often used when talking to children.

Etymology 2

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Kókóró

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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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