Word Meaning 糊塗

こと koto

糊塗 is read as こと (koto) and means patching up (e.g. a failure).

Meaning

English

patching up (e.g. a failure)
covering up (e.g. a mistake)
glossing over

Reading

Kana

こと

Romaji

koto

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

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Related Vocabulary

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糊

のり

clothing starch

会津塗

あいづぬり

Aizu lacquer ware

木目塗

もくめぬり

graining (lacquering technique)

中塗

なかぬり

intermediate coat of paint or lacquer

上塗

うわぬり

adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)

塗る

ぬる

to paint

漆塗り

うるしぬり

lacquering

塗布

とふ

application (of ointment, etc.)

塗料

とりょう

paints

塗装

とそう

coating

塗り替える

ぬりかえる

to repaint

黒塗り

くろぬり

blackened thing

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