See こそ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "sorekoso",
"word": "それこそ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-ba koso",
"word": "ばこそ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "mo koso",
"word": "もこそ"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese.\nPossibly derived from 此 (ko, “this”) + そ (so, Old Japanese emphatic particle).",
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{
"form": "koso",
"tags": [
"romanization"
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}
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8
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],
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4
]
],
"english": "Today is the day I'm gonna do it!",
"roman": "Kyō koso, yaru zo!",
"ruby": [
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"今日",
"きょう"
]
],
"text": "今日こそ、やるぞ！",
"type": "example"
},
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61
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25
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9
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],
"english": "It's because I like you [because of my fondness for you] that I'm working this hard.",
"roman": "Kimi ga suki da kara koso kore hodo ganbatte iru n da yo.",
"ruby": [
[
"君",
"きみ"
],
[
"好",
"す"
],
[
"頑",
"がん"
],
[
"張",
"ば"
]
],
"text": "君が好きだからこそこれほど頑張っているんだよ。",
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}
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"emphatic particle used for emphasis: it is ... that"
],
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29,
33
]
],
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17,
19
]
],
"roman": "“Arigatō gozaimasu!”“Kochira koso!”",
"text": "「ありがとうございます！」「こちらこそ！」",
"type": "example"
}
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"emphatic particle used for emphasis: it is ... that",
"used in set phrases when returning a greeting or apology to someone"
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[
"set",
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[
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[
"return",
"return#English"
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[
"greeting",
"greeting#English"
],
[
"apology",
"apology#English"
],
[
"someone",
"someone#English"
]
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],
"word": "こそ"
}
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"2": "ojp",
"3": "-"
},
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{
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"1": "ojp",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "-koso",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
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"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "こそ • (-koso)",
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],
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"call",
"call#English"
],
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"appeal",
"appeal#English"
]
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"(archaic) used for calling or appealing"
],
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"morpheme"
]
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"word": "こそ"
}
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"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Japanese lemmas",
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"Pages with entries"
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"derived": [
{
"roman": "sorekoso",
"word": "それこそ"
},
{
"roman": "-ba koso",
"word": "ばこそ"
},
{
"roman": "mo koso",
"word": "もこそ"
}
],
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"1": "ja",
"2": "ojp",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ojp",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese.\nPossibly derived from 此 (ko, “this”) + そ (so, Old Japanese emphatic particle).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "koso",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"1": "particle"
},
"expansion": "こそ • (koso)",
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}
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{
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6,
16
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4,
8
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[
2,
4
]
],
"english": "Today is the day I'm gonna do it!",
"roman": "Kyō koso, yaru zo!",
"ruby": [
[
"今日",
"きょう"
]
],
"text": "今日こそ、やるぞ！",
"type": "example"
},
{
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[
0,
4
],
[
57,
61
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21,
25
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],
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[
7,
9
]
],
"english": "It's because I like you [because of my fondness for you] that I'm working this hard.",
"roman": "Kimi ga suki da kara koso kore hodo ganbatte iru n da yo.",
"ruby": [
[
"君",
"きみ"
],
[
"好",
"す"
],
[
"頑",
"がん"
],
[
"張",
"ば"
]
],
"text": "君が好きだからこそこれほど頑張っているんだよ。",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"emphatic particle used for emphasis: it is ... that"
],
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[
"emphatic",
"emphatic#English"
],
[
"particle",
"particle#English"
],
[
"emphasis",
"emphasis#English"
]
]
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{
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"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
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{
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[
29,
33
]
],
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[
17,
19
]
],
"roman": "“Arigatō gozaimasu!”“Kochira koso!”",
"text": "「ありがとうございます！」「こちらこそ！」",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"emphatic particle used for emphasis: it is ... that",
"used in set phrases when returning a greeting or apology to someone"
],
"links": [
[
"emphatic",
"emphatic#English"
],
[
"particle",
"particle#English"
],
[
"emphasis",
"emphasis#English"
],
[
"set",
"set#English"
],
[
"phrase",
"phrase#English"
],
[
"return",
"return#English"
],
[
"greeting",
"greeting#English"
],
[
"apology",
"apology#English"
],
[
"someone",
"someone#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "こそ"
}
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"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese particles",
"Japanese suffixes",
"Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Japanese lemmas",
"Old Japanese particles",
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"Pages with entries"
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"1": "ja",
"2": "ojp",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "ojp",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "-koso",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
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]
],
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"(archaic) used for calling or appealing"
],
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"archaic",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "こそ"
}
Download raw JSONL data for こそ meaning in Japanese (4.2kB)
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"こそ"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "particle",
"title": "こそ",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"こそ"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "こそ",
"trace": ""
}
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