島国, しまぐに, とうごく
sometimes used as a metaphor for Japan
island country
日本とイギリスは島国である。
だ
copula, See である, See です, plain copula
1. be, is
Auxiliary verb, See た・1, た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action
2. did, (have) done
See た・2, indicates light imperative
3. please, do
という, と言う, とゆう
Expression, Usually in kana
1. called, named, that says
after a quantity
2. as many as, as much as
as ...という...
3. all ..., every single ...
&という記号は、andを指す。
こと, 事, 縡, こん
Usually in kana
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
「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」
琴, 箏, 筝, こと, そう
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
Only こと, Archaism
2. stringed instrument
Only 箏, Only 筝
3. zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。
古都, こと
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。
異, 殊, こと, け
Only こと, NA-adjective, Noun, used as a prefix, Archaism
1. difference (from one another), different thing, other
2. unusual, extraordinary
糊塗, こと
Takes suru
patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over
こと
Particle, particle always used at sentence-end
1. particle indicating a command
Female term or language, often as ことね
2. particle indicating mild enthusiasm
3. particle indicating a gentle interrogative
at sentence end as ことよ
4. particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion
言, げん, こと
word, remark, statement
彼の言に従って行動するのはりこうではない。
如, 若, ごと, こと, もころ
Adverb, See 如し
like, similar to, same as
くらい, ぐらい
Suffix, Particle, also written as 位
1. approximately, about, around, or so
2. to (about) the extent that, (almost) enough that, so ... that ..., at least
3. as ... as ..., like
悪くない。生活費くらいは十分稼げるよ。
です
Conjugated: でした
Expression, See だ・1, See であります, Polite, polite copula
be, is