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How to say 'Including' in Japanese | ごと

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The Japanese word for Including is 'Koto', written as ごと in Japanese.

    word

    ごと

    Meaning

    Including

    Reading

    Koto

    Explanation

    The Japanese suffix 'ごと (koto)' is used to indicate that something is included or done together with something else. It can be attached to nouns to express the idea of 'including' or 'along with'. For example: eat the fish including the bones「魚を骨ごと食べる」(さかなをほねごとたべる). The house was destroyed including the furniture「家が家具ごと壊された」(いえがかぐごとこわされた). This suffix is often used to emphasize that nothing is left out or separated.

    Part Of Speech

    suffix

    Frequency

    6525

    Composition

    hiragana

    Handwriting

Hiragana in the Word ごと

This word contains 2 Hiragana characters :

  • hiragana

    Reading

    Go
  • hiragana

    Reading

    To

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'Koto' means 'Including' .

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