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：2026/01/08
おう
Interjection
Japanese Meaning
人を呼びかけるときなどに使う、くだけた調子の声かけ。「おう、久しぶり」「おう、行こうか」など。 / 軽い驚き・気付き・失敗などの場面で思わず出る感動の声。「おう、そうだった」「おうっと、危ない」など。 / 相手の言葉を受けて、同意・了承・肯定をくだけた調子で表す返事。「おう、わかった」「おう、いいよ」など。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ともだちにかるくこえをかけることば。おどろいたときや、まちがえたとき、いいよとこたえるときにもいう。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
非正式打招呼 / 非正式感叹 / 非正式肯定回应
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
嘿；喂（非正式打招呼） / 哦；哎呀（表示驚訝或失誤） / 嗯；好（非正式的肯定回應）
Korean Meaning
친근한 인사 / 놀람이나 실수에 내는 소리 / 비격식의 긍정 응답
Indonesian
hei / oh / iya
Vietnamese Meaning
lời chào thân mật (kiểu “ê”, “này”) / thán từ biểu thị ngạc nhiên/“oops” (ồ, ôi, ối) / đáp lại khẳng định, thân mật (ừ, ờ)
Tagalog Meaning
Uy (kaswal na pagbati) / Ay/ops (biglang sambit) / Oo (kaswal na pagsang-ayon)
Sense（1）
An informal greeting similar to hey. See also よう.
Sense（2）
An informal interjection similar to oh or oops.
Sense（3）
An informal affirmative response.
（ romanization ）
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An informal greeting similar to hey. See also よう. / An informal interjection similar to oh or oops. / An informal affirmative response.
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おう
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Oh, if that's the case, it's fine.
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おう、それなら大丈夫だ。
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