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事(P); 縡(oK) 【こと(P); こん】 (n) (1) thing; matter; (2) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; (3) circumstances; situation; state of affairs; (4) work; business; affair; (5) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (n-suf) (6) (See 事・ごと・1) nominalizing suffix; (7) (See 事・ごと・2) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (n,n-suf) (8) (uk) (esp. as ＡことＢ or ＡとはＢのことだ (Ａ alias, Ｂ formal)) alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as; (P) [Edit][Ex][L][G][GI][S][A][W] [JW] [L][G][GI][S][A]
「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."[Amend]

琴(P); 箏; 筝【こと(P); そう(箏,筝)】 (n) (1) koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (2) (こと only) (arch) stringed instrument; (3) (箏, 筝 only) zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng; (P) [Edit][Ex][L][G][GI][S][A][W] [JW] [L][G][GI][S][A][W] [L][G][GI][S][A][W]
(1) 彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。 She likes to play the koto very much.[Amend]

古都【こと】 (n) ancient city; former capital; (P) [Edit][Ex][L][G][GI][S][A][W]
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.[Amend]

言【げん(P); こと】 (n) word; remark; statement; (P) [Edit][Ex][L][G][GI][S][A][JW]
彼の言に従って行動するのはりこうではない。 It is not wise to go by his word.[Amend]

こと (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 [Edit][G][GI][S][A][JW]

如; 若【ごと(如); こと(如)(ok); もころ(ok)】 (n-adv) (See 如し) like; similar to; same as [Edit][G][GI][S][A][W] [G][GI][S][A][W] [JW]

異; 殊【こと; け】 (n,adj-na,n-pref) (1) (こと only) (arch) difference (from one another); different thing; other; (adj-na) (2) unusual; extraordinary [Edit][L][G][GI][S][A][W] [JW] [L][G][GI][S][A]

糊塗【こと】 (n,vs) covering up; glossing over [Edit] [V][L][G][GI][S][A]

言挙げ【ことあげ】 (n,vs) a mention [Edit] [V][L][G][GI][S][A][W]

事新しい【ことあたらしい】 (adj-i) new [Edit][L][G][GI][S][A][JW]

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