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こと

#16

Common N4

Pitch accent

Meaning

1

English · JMdict

thing;matter

「Ｕ．Ｆ．Ｏとは何を表しているの」「未確認飛行物体のことだと思う」

"What does U.F.O. stand for?" "It means Unidentified Flying Object, I guess."
2

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incident;occurrence;event;something serious;trouble;crisis
3

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circumstances;situation;state of affairs

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こと

#16

Pitch accent

Meaning

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particle indicating a command

particle always used at sentence-end

そんなことは起おきないでしょう。

That won't happen.
2

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particle indicating mild enthusiasm

often as ことね
3

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particle indicating a gentle interrogative

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言げん

#4,864

Common

Pitch accent

Meaning

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word;remark;statement

彼の言に従って行動するのは利口ではない。

It is not wise to go by his word.
2

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Gen

Kanji

言ゲン say, word

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琴こと

#25,109

Common N2

Pitch accent

Meaning

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koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。

She likes to play the koto very much.
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stringed instrument
3

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zheng (Chinese zither);guzheng

Kanji

琴キン harp, koto

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異こと

#43,635

Pitch accent

Meaning

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difference (from one another);different thing;other

彼等かれらは意見いけんを異ことにするのに、相変あいかわらず仲なかが良よい。

While they don't agree, they continue to be friends.
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unusual;extraordinary

Kanji

異イ uncommon, different, queerness

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古都こと

#45,651

Common

Pitch accent

Meaning

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ancient city;former capital

この古都に何か新しいものがあることは、だれでも知っている。

Everyone knows that there is something new in this old capital.
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Koto

Kanji

古コ old 都ト metropolis, capital, all

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糊塗こと

#74,292

Pitch accent

Meaning

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patching up (e.g. a failure);covering up (e.g. a mistake);glossing over

Kanji

糊コ paste, glue, sizing 塗ト paint, plaster, daub

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ことがある

#286

Common

Meaning

1

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(for something) to have occurred;to have done (something)

after the past tense form of a verb

See also: 事がない (ことがない)

私は彼に会ったことがある。

I have met him before.
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(for something) to happen on occasion

See also: 事がない (ことがない)

細菌が病気を引き起こすことがある。

Germs can cause sickness.

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ことができる

#485

Common

Meaning

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to be able (to);to be possible (to)

usu. verb+ことが...

緑色植物は自分自身の食物を作ることができる。

Green plants can make their own food.

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今年ことし

#1,249

Common N5

Pitch accent

Meaning

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this year

今年の暑い夏には耐えられません。

I can't stand this hot summer.

Kanji

今コン now 年ネン year, counter for years

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ことがない

#1,335

Common

Meaning

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(something) has never occurred;to have never done (something);such a thing has not happened

after the past tense form of a verb
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never happens;there is never a time when