At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.
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Kappa
//ˈkæpə//
Synonyms for "kappa" (4 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (2)
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39 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κάππα noun (Greek letter)
Arabic
1 entries- كَبَا noun (Greek letter)
Asturian
2 entries- kapa noun (Greek letter)
- kappa noun (Greek letter)
Catalan
1 entries- kappa noun (Greek letter)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 卡帕 noun (Greek letter)
- 河童 noun (mythical creature)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲕⲁⲡⲡⲁ noun (Greek letter)
Czech
2 entries- kapa noun (Greek letter)
- kappa noun (Greek letter)
Dutch
1 entries- kappa noun (Greek letter)
Esperanto
1 entries- kapo noun (Greek letter)
Finnish
2 entries- kappa noun (Greek letter)
- kappa noun (mythical creature)
French
2 entries- kappa noun (Greek letter)
- kappa noun (mythical creature)
German
1 entries- Kappa noun (Greek letter)
Greek
1 entries- κάπα noun (Greek letter)
Hebrew
1 entries- כָּפָּא noun (Greek letter)
Hungarian
1 entries- kappa noun (Greek letter)
Interlingua
1 entries- kappa noun (Greek letter)
Italian
1 entries- kappa noun (Greek letter)
Japanese
1 entries- カッパ noun (Greek letter)
Korean
1 entries- 카파 noun (Greek letter)
Malay
1 entries- kapa noun (Greek letter)
Marathi
2 entries- काप्पा noun (Greek letter)
- काप्पा noun (mythical creature)
Māori
1 entries- kāepa noun (Greek letter)
Polish
2 entries- kappa noun (Greek letter)
- kappa noun (mythical creature)
Portuguese
2 entries- capa noun (Greek letter)
- cá noun (Greek letter)
Russian
2 entries- ка́ппа noun (Greek letter)
- ка́ппа noun (mythical creature)
Spanish
1 entries- kappa noun (Greek letter)
Swedish
2 entries- kappa noun (Greek letter)
- kappa noun (mythical creature)
Tagalog
1 entries- kapa noun (Greek letter)
Thai
1 entries- แคปปา noun (Greek letter)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
It was not quite possible for a kappa to go pale, but this one managed, shrinking partly into its shell.
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