[koto] (prt) (1) (particle always used at sentence-end) particle indicating a command; (2) (fem) (often as ことね) particle indicating mild enthusiasm; (3) particle indicating a gentle interrogative; (4) (at sentence end as ことよ) particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion #21
[はしら, hashira] (n, n-suf) (1) bridge (of a koto, etc.); (2) (ちゅう only) cylinder; prism #279
[じてん(P);ことてん, jiten (P); kototen] (n) cyclopedia; encyclopedia; (P) #309
[じぎょう(P);ことわざ, jigyou (P); kotowaza] (n) (1) project; enterprise; business; industry; operations; (2) (ことわざ only) (See 仕業・しわざ) act; deed; conduct; (P) #333
[ことば(P);けとば(言葉)(ok), kotoba (P); ketoba ( kotoba )(ok)] (n) (1) language; dialect; (2) word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; (3) speech; (manner of) speaking; (P) #894
[じっさい, jissai] (adj-no, adv, n) (1) practicality; practical; (2) reality; actuality; actual conditions; (3) { Buddh } bhutakoti (limit of reality); (P) #897
[じこ(P);ことゆえ(ok), jiko (P); kotoyue (ok)] (n) (1) accident; incident; trouble; (2) circumstances; reasons; (P) #1126
[ことなる, kotonaru] (v5r, vi) to differ; to vary; to disagree; (P) #1134
[じてん(辞典;辭典)(P);ことばてん, jiten ( jiten ; jiten )(P); kotobaten] (n) dictionary; (P) #1218
[まこと, makoto] (adv, n) (1) truth; reality; (2) sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity; (3) (arch) that's right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.); (P) #1760
[ちょう, chou] (n) (1) (arch) (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf, ctr) (2) counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc. #2366
[ことなり, kotonari] (adj-f) unlike; unique; unusual #2681
[ことぶき, kotobuki] (n) congratulations!; long life!; (P) #2760
[こてい, kotei] (n, vs, adj-no) fixation; fixing (e.g. salary, capital); (P) #2789
[こと;け, koto ; ke] (n, adj-na, n-pref) (1) (こと only) (arch) difference (from one another); different thing; other; (adj-na) (2) unusual; extraordinary #2859
[こたえ(P);いらえ(応え), kotae (P); irae ( kotae )] (n) response; reply; answer; solution; (P) #3272
[sukottorando] (n) (1) Scotland; (adj-f) (2) Scottish; (P) #3376
[こてん, koten] (n, adj-no) old book; classics; classic; (P) #3488
[こたい, kotai] (n, adj-no) individual (living being); (P) #4409
[みこと, mikoto] (n) (1) (after the name of a god or a noble) Lord; Highness; (2) (arch) (derog) you #4481
[こと(P);そう(箏;筝), koto (P); sou ( houki ; houki )] (n) (1) koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (2) (こと only) (arch) stringed instrument; (3) (箏, 筝 only) zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng; (P) #4753
[ちょく(勅)(P);みことのり(P), choku ( choku )(P); mikotonori (P)] (n) imperial decree; imperial edict; (P) #5557
[ことし(P);こんねん, kotoshi (P); konnen] (n-adv, n-t) this year; (P) #6009
[げん(P);こと, gen (P); koto] (n) word; remark; statement; (P) #6272
[ことがら, kotogara] (n) matter; thing; affair; circumstance; (P) #6654
[ひとこと(P);いちげん(一言);いちごん(一言), hitokoto (P); ichigen ( hitokoto ); ichigon ( hitokoto )] (n, vs) single word; a few words; brief comment; (P) #6963
[よこて(P);よこで, yokote (P); yokode] (n, adj-no) (1) side; beside; (2) feature of a sword blade; (P) #8797
[めいし(P);なことば(ok), meishi (P); nakotoba (ok)] (n) { ling } noun; (P) #8926
[masukotto] (n) mascot; (P) #9581
[こたえる, kotaeru] (v1, vi) to answer; to reply; (P) #10431
[こたい, kotai] (n, adj-no) solid (body); solid matter; solid-state; (P) #10822
[こてん, koten] (n) one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition; (P) #11974
[まことに(P);じつに(実に)(P);げに(実に);しんに(真に), makotoni (P); jitsuni ( jitsuni )(P); geni ( jitsuni ); shinni ( makoto ni )] (adv) (実に is usu. じつに, and 誠に is usu. まことに) indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite; (P) #12548
[やぐら, yagura] (n) (1) turret; watchtower; (2) high wooden stage; scaffolding; (3) (See 炬燵) wooden frame (of a kotatsu); (4) (arch) weapons storehouse #13964
[えんかつ(P);えんこつ(ik), enkatsu (P); enkotsu (ik)] (adj-na) smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious; (P) #14459
[こじき;ふることふみ, kojiki ; furukotofumi] (n) Records of Ancient Matters (Japan's oldest historical record) #14718
[ことわり, kotowari] (n) (1) notice; notification; warning; (2) permission; consent; (3) rejection; refusal; nonacceptance; declination; declining; (4) excuse; plea; (P) #15100
[てっこつ, tekkotsu] (n) steel frame; (P) #15476
[ことり, kotori] (n) (1) small bird; songbird; (2) (chn) birdie; dickeybird; dickybird; (P) #16257
[こと, koto] (n) ancient city; former capital; (P) #17121
[sausudakota] (n) South Dakota #17549
[こつずい, kotsuzui] (n, adj-no) (1) bone marrow; medulla; (2) true spirit; one's mind; (P) #18123
[ろこつ, rokotsu] (adj-na, n) (1) frank; blunt; plain; outspoken; (2) conspicuous; open; (3) broad; suggestive; lewd; (P) #18812
[いこつ, ikotsu] (n) remains; ashes of deceased; (P) #19252
[no-sudakota] (n) North Dakota #19407
[こたえる, kotaeru] (v1, vi) (1) to respond; to live up to; to reward; (2) (sometimes 堪える) to take its toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain; (P) #19456
[akeomekotoyoro ; akeomekotoyoro] (exp) (col) (abbr) abbreviation of "akemashite omedetou, kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegaishimasu"
[あらぬこと, aranukoto] (exp) the unthinkable
[arinsukotoba] (n) language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
[いいこと, iikoto] (exp, n) (1) good thing; nice thing; (2) (usu. as 〜をいいことに(して)) good excuse; good grounds; good opportunity; (int) (3) (fem) interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response