Illustration: At a kitchen table, a grandmother demonstrates how to seal a gyoza dumpling. She holds the wrapper close to her grandchild, pinching one clear pleat between thumb and forefinger while angling her hands so the movement is easy to see.

JLPT N5adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

こう

kou

like this, this way

Example sentences

  1. こうしようよ。

    Let’s do it this way.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. いつもこうなの？

    Is it always like this?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. こうするんだよ。

    This is the way to do it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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