- 1. [n] hard-liners; diehards; hawks
- 2. [n, adj-na] (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; man's man
- 3. [n] hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
- 4. [n, adj-na] strait-laced type (with respect to relationships)
- 5. [n] bullish traders
Conjugation — Adjective (―na)
This word itself does not change -- these are forms of the copula だ ("to be") attached to it.
| Attributive (before a noun) | こうはな | (kouhana) |
| Non-past, plain | こうはだ | (kouhada) |
| Non-past, polite | こうはです | (kouhadesu) |
| Past, plain | こうはだった | (kouhadatta) |
| Past, polite | こうはでした | (kouhadeshita) |
| Negative, plain | こうはじゃない | (kouhajanai) |
| Negative, polite | こうはじゃないです | (kouhajanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | こうはじゃなかった | (kouhajanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | こうはじゃなかったです | (kouhajanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | こうはで | (kouhade) |
| Conditional (―nara) | こうはなら | (kouhanara) |