Hiragana Page 11 こ ko

From what I understand, the vowel (u) accentuates whatever sound that comes before it. For example, in Romaji, "airport" would be spelled as (ku)-(u)-(ko)-(u).....BUT we should pronounce it as (kuuu-kooo). In other words, just elongate the "ku" and "ko" sounds.

You should probably use something like Rikaichan for on the fly definitions, since the correct one is listed first, and "beyond" actually seems to come from こえる?

Japanese written in hiragana only generally requires context to have any chance at a more accurate translation. As there are so many homonyms, kanji are required to help clarify which meaning is meant (or if the context is lacking etc).

There are articles and forum posts around here on TJP that go into it further... I might try to dig some up to explain it better than I can. ;)

You can also use WWWJDIC to look up the "word" and actually see the list of definitions.

Google Translate is not a good idea at all for looking up a single "word" like that, since the best it can do for a single isolated word written in hiragana is to make a wild guess and show you only a single one of the many possible definitions. I hope this helps explain why? :)

恋　こい　koi is a romantic/passionate love towards an individual, such as a boyfriend or girlfriend. 愛　あい　ai can have the same meanings as koi but also has a more general feeling of love, such as love for your family, children, even a pet.

Some examples of words that contain ai and koi

aijin 愛人 --- lover
aikenka 愛犬家 --- a dog lover
boseiai 母性愛 --- mother's love, maternal affection

koibumi 恋文 --- love letter
hatsukoi 初恋 --- first love
koibito 恋人 --- one's boyfriend/girlfriend

It looks like the こえ sound has now been updated to a correct version.

Thanks again for pointing this out :)

Absolutely, there is the odd exception however.

大声
おおごえ

歌声
うたごえ

笑い声
わらいごえ

These come to mind, and there are others.

I'll get this fixed, removed asap, thanks :)

koko means "here."

doko? Where?
koko. Here.