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

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

Reading

Kana

こと

Romaji

koto

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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)

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

黒塗り

くろぬり

blackened thing

道聴塗説

どうちょうとせつ

shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information

水性塗料

すいせいとりょう

water-based paint