訪れる , おとずれる , おとづれる
Conjugated: 訪れた
Ichidan verb , Transitive
1. to visit , to call on
Intransitive
2. to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.) , to come , to appear
Archaism , original meaning
3. to make a sound
4. to send a letter , to inquire about a letter
あなたは何回京都を訪れましたか。
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 , Transitive
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
の
Particle , See 乃 , occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
See が・1
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
often ん
4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
Female term or language
5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
ある , 有る , 在る
Godan verb , Intransitive , See 居る・いる・1 , Usually in kana , usu. of inanimate objects
1. to be , to exist , to live
2. to have
3. to be located
4. to be equipped with
5. to happen , to come about
悪いけどほかに用事があるの。
ある , 或る , 或
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) , Usually in kana
a certain ... , some ...
ある学生に会うところです。
者 , もの , もん
rarely used without a qualifier
person
じっくり彼に耳を貸す者はいない。
もの , 物 , もん , モノ
1. thing , object , article , stuff , substance
as 〜のもの, 〜のもん
2. one's things , possessions , property , belongings , something , anything , everything , nothing
3. quality
4. reason , the way of things
Usually in kana , formal noun often used as 〜ものだ
5. used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc. , used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense) , used to indicate a general tendency , used to indicate something that should happen
遠まわしに物を言うな。
もの , もん
Particle , used as a conjunction or at sentence-end, often as 〜ものな, 〜ものね
1. indicates reason or excuse
Female term or language , at sentence-end
2. indicates dissatisfaction , indicates desire to be pampered or indulged