もく

Japanese

Etymology 1

Noun

もく (rōmaji moku)

  1. 木: tree; Thursday; wood grain
  2. 目: an order in biology; a playing piece in a board game, a stone in the game of go; a point in the game of go

Affix

もく (rōmaji moku)

  1. 木: tree; wood
  2. 目: eye; key, point; title, heading
  3. 黙: silence

Etymology 2

Reversal of くも (kumo, “cloud”), from the way cigarette smoke looks like clouds.

Pronunciation

Noun

もく (rōmaji moku)

  1. (slang) cigarette
Derived terms
  • もく拾 (ひろ)い (mokuhiroi)
  • 洋 (よう)もく (yōmoku)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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