I think "kou" has more than 30 meanings, which is maddening even while speaking. But the in person context is not the same as written context. There are severa

I think "kou" has more than 30 meanings, which is maddening even while speaking. But the in person context is not the same as written context. There are several elements of context, such place, people, situation, which are obvious to parse in a spoken conversation, but would have to be introduced when writing.