こつ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang
2. bone; skeleton
3. cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (133 in total)
pork bones; broth made from pork and pork bones
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
skeleton
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
ossification
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
to learn the ropes; to get the knack
skull; cranium
rib; frame (of a ship)
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
to learn the ropes; to get the knack
shoulder blade; scapula
keel (of a ship); Fossilia ossis mastodi (traditional Chinese medicine); dragon bone; longgu
coccyx; tailbone
ordinary person
build; physique; appearance
periosteum
hipbone; innominate bone
frontal bone (of the skull)
proximal phalanx
skull; cranium
human bones
bone marrow; medulla; heart's core; depths of one's heart; main point; vital part
one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
one's old bones; old man
muscles and bones; body build; physique
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
rebellious spirit; defiant attitude
thighbone; femur
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
bone conduction; osteophony
coccyx; tailbone
sacrum; sacral bone; hermitry; appearance of a hermit; unworldliness
sphenoid bone (of the skull)
beef bone (used to make stock); cattle bone; bovine bone
bone density
bone; firmness (of character); backbone; unyielding spirit
ancient human skeleton; archaeological human remains
animal bones
aggregate (material)
mandible; lower jawbone
kneecap; patella
indiscreet; thoughtless; absurd; laughable; disdaining; belittling
burying some of a person's ashes in separate places; part of a person's ashes
gathering up the ashes of the deceased
ceremony of transferring the cremated bones of a family member to an urn
thousands of lives
eccentric
osteosarcoma
bone quantity; bone mass
washing of cremated bones before placing them in a funerary urn (esp. in Okinawa)
bone age; skeletal age
ghostly skeletal old man who emerges from wells (Japanese folklore)
ischium; ischial bone
saint's bones; sacred bones
bony tissue
occipital bone (of the skull)
osteoma
talus; astragalus; anklebone
navicular bone (of the foot); scaphoid bone (of the hand)
maxilla; upper jawbone
osteology
oracle bone script
palatine bone (of the skull)
tarsus (group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)
parietal bone
stirrup (bone of the ear); stapes
distal phalanx
middle phalanx
bone lengthening; distraction osteogenesis
lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)
antebrachial bone; forearm bone
metacarpal (bone); metacarpus
body and soul; mind and body; bottom of one's heart; depth of one's heart
bone cement
ossification
incus (bone of the ear); anvil
facial bone
sesamoid bone
osteitis
long bone
osteochondritis dissecans
triquetral bone
oracle bone script
funerary urn; cinerary urn
medullary cavity
malleus (bone of the ear); hammer
bony labyrinth (of the inner ear)
os trapezium; trapezium
cuneiform (bones); sphenoid (bone)
membrane bone
alveolar bone
charnel house; ossuary
membranous bone
bone spur; osteophyte
bone strength
quadrate bone
quadrate bone
dentary bone; dentary
osteogenesis imperfecta
baculum; os penis; penis bone
funerary urn
osteonecrosis; avascular necrosis; bone infarction
osteologist
lunate bone; semilunar bone
cuboid bone
recurrent interosseous artery
squamous bone
bone trowel (Jōmon period); bone spatula
bone trowel (Jōmon period); bone spatula
fish-bone soup (made by pouring boiling water on fish bones and seasoning it with soy or salt)
hipbone; innominate bone
Examples (2 in total)
She seems to know the art of writing letters.
It would be best to leave it to a man who knows the ropes.