conditional of かう (kau)

north / escape, run away

Kita (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan) / (historical) the red-light district north of Edo Castle / a surname / a female given name

to go northwards

(mahjong) north wind (mahjong tile)

one day, 24 hours / the daytime, the period from dawn until dusk / (figuratively) a short period of time / one day, someday, an unspecified day / the first day of the month

(literally) one side / everywhere, all around, the whole area / one viewpoint, one opinion or way of thinking / the front page of a newspaper

statement / inscription / mention / describe / mark / Kojiki

to record; to mark / to remember; to keep in mind

a chronicle