koto-naku (koto mo naku), untroubled, [56], [69].

koto no ha = kotoba, Ts.

kotoshi, this year, T.

koto-tama (dama), spirit or soul of speech, of the language (of Japan), [68].

koto-tofu (-hi, -hamu), converse, talk with.

kototohi kahasu, exchange talk.

kotowari, reason, motive, explanation, [62], [230], [252].

kotowaza, affairs, actions, doings, Ts.

kotoyosete, commit to, [58], [230].

kou (), kimi, lord, Ta.