Vocabulary

What does ～狂 (～きょう) mean?

～狂 (～きょう, ～kyou) means a fanatic, someone obsessed with.

Quick facts
Reading	～きょう
Romaji	～kyou
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N1

～狂～きょう

N1 · estimated, JLPT framework～kyou

a fanatic, someone obsessed with

Example sentences

彼(かれ)は根(ね)っからの野球狂(やきゅうきょう)だ。
He is a die-hard baseball fanatic.
読書狂(どくしょきょう)と呼(よ)ばれるほど本(ほん)を読(よ)み漁(あさ)った。
He devoured so many books that people called him a bookworm.