かの

Etymology
Originally a compound of.

Adnominal

 * 1) that [one]
 * Refers to someone or something not previously mentioned in context, but known to both speaker and listener.

Usage notes
As an adnominal, kano must be followed by a noun or noun phrase.

The term kano has been mostly replaced by in modern Japanese. Kano is still in use, but is viewed as more formal and archaic.

Most often written in kana.

Derived terms

 * : she, her; girlfriend
 * : honorific third-person pronoun: he, she, it
 * : the other world, the next world, the world of the dead

Pronoun

 * 1)  you-know-who, you-know-what
 * Refers to someone or something not previously mentioned in context, but known to both speaker and listener. Used when the referent cannot be explicitly named for some reason.
 * 1) * 1694, Yashoku Jibun, Kōshoku Mankintan (Erotic Tonic), volume 3:
 * 2) * 1766, Chikamatsu Hanji, Honchō Nijūshi Kō (Twenty-four Filial Children of Japan), volume 4:
 * 1) * 1766, Chikamatsu Hanji, Honchō Nijūshi Kō (Twenty-four Filial Children of Japan), volume 4:

Usage notes
Used in the, but apparently obsolete in modern Japanese.