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
Kanji used
bone
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (117 in total)
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
human bones
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind
one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
muscles and bones; body build; physique; cartilage
one's old bones; old man
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)
rebellious spirit
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
coccyx; tailbone
jawbone; mandible
rib; frame (of a ship)
humerus (upper bone in arm)
bone conduction; osteophony
coccyx; tailbone
sphenoid bone (of the skull)
ordinary person
sacrum; sacral bone; hermitry; appearance of a hermit; unworldliness
build; physique; appearance
beef bone (used to make stock); cattle bone; bovine bone
bone; firm; uncompromising
ancient human skeleton; archaeological human remains
ilium (part of pelvis)
mandible; lower jawbone
part of a person's ashes
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
thousands of lives
eccentric
gathering up the ashes of the deceased
bone quantity; bone mass
washing of cremated bones before placing them in a funerary urn (esp. in Okinawa)
bone age; skeletal age
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
hipbone; innominate bone
saint's bones; sacred bones
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
occipital bone (of the skull)
ischium; ischial bone
navicular bone (largest wrist bone on the thumb side); scaphoid (bone)
maxilla; upper jawbone
palatine bone (of the skull)
talus; astragalus; anklebone
stirrup (bone of the ear); stapes
body and soul; mind and body; bottom of one's heart; depth of one's heart
lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)
ghostly skeletal old man who emerges from wells (Japanese folklore)
bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals)
stirrup (bone of the ear); stapes
gathering up the ashes of the deceased
ossification
incus; anvil
to learn the ropes; to get the knack
sphenoid bone (of the skull)
indiscreet; thoughtless; absurd; laughable; disdaining; belittling
stirrup (bone of the ear); stapes
oracle bone script
quadrate bone
fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (disease of the connective tissue); FOP
osteonecrosis; avascular necrosis; bone infarction
scaphoid bone (in wrist near thumb)
cuneiform (bones); sphenoid (bone)
bony labyrinth (of the inner ear)
funerary urn; cinerary urn
charnel house; ossuary
dentary bone; dentary
baculum; os penis; penis bone
membrane bone
malleus (bone of the ear)
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
hipbone; innominate bone