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