項こう

noun

clause; paragraph; item

Used in legal documents, contracts, and structured texts to refer to a specific clause, paragraph, or enumerated item.

• 契けい約やく書しょの第だい3項こうをご確かく認にんください。

  Please check clause 3 of the contract.

• この項こうでは、問もん題だい点てんを整せい理りする。

  In this paragraph, we will organize the issues.

noun

argument (linguistics)

Linguistics term for a noun phrase that is required by a predicate, such as a subject or object.

• 動どう詞し「食たべる」は、動どう作さ主しゅと対たい象しょうの二ふたつの項こうを取とる。

  The verb 'eat' takes two arguments: an agent and a theme.

noun

term (of an equation)

Mathematics term for each element in a sum, sequence, or polynomial.

• この式しきの各かく項こうを整せい理りしてください。

  Please simplify each term of this expression.

noun

nape of the neck

Archaic reading うなじ; in modern Japanese, 項 is not used for this meaning, and うなじ is usually written in kana or with the kanji 項 only in historical contexts.

See also: 項 (うなじ)

• 古こ語ごでは「項こう」を「うなじ」と読よんで首くびの後うしろを指さした。

  In classical Japanese, 項 was read as うなじ and referred to the nape of the neck.