こう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result
Noun
2. effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
Kanji used
be effective
fruit
Pitch accent
うか
Top 1100
Composed of
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
Used in vocabulary (95 in total)
effective; successful
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
Examples (8 in total)
The effect was immediate.
This new medicine has a lasting effect.
A research organization investigated the effect.