Word Meaning 洋行

ようこう youkou

洋行 is read as ようこう (youkou) and means store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China).

Meaning

English

  1. store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)
  2. overseas travel (to Western countries)
  3. going abroad (to study or travel)

Reading

Kana

ようこう

Romaji

youkou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 23778 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

北洋銀行

ほくようぎんこう

North Pacific Bank

東洋信託銀行

とうようしんたくぎんこう

Toyo Trust and Banking Company, Limited

太平洋銀行

たいへいようぎんこう

(former) Pacific Bank (failed in 1996)

洋画

ようが

Western painting

洋服

ようふく

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

洋食

ようしょく

Japanized Western cuisine

洋間

ようま

Western-style room

洋風

ようふう

Western style

洋書

ようしょ

Western book

洋室

ようしつ

Western-style room

洋上

ようじょう

on the sea

なだ

open sea

Example Sentences

2

He went abroad two years ago.

She made up her mind to go abroad.