こうし – Vocabulary details

こうし

Meanings

Noun

Verb (する)

1. use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

Alt. forms

行こう使し

99%

こうし

Pitch accent

こ

うし

Conjugations...Used in: 1

Composed of

こう

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

し

messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

じつりょくこうし

use of force

ぶりょくこうし

use of (military) force

けんりこうし

exercise of a right

1 more...

Examples (5 in total)

権けん利りをこうしする。

I exercise my rights.

黙もく秘ひ権けんをこうししたいと思おもいます。

I wish to exercise my right to remain silent.

君きみは暴ぼう力りょくこうしを正せい当とう化かすることができますか。

Can you justify the use of violence?