ごと

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
毎

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ごと [gòtó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞to̞]

Suffix

ごと • (-goto) 

  1. (of time) every
    3(さん)年(ねん)ごとの検(けん)討(とう)
    sannen-goto no kentō
    triennial review (a review that occurs every three years)
    三(さん)ヶ(か)月(げつ)ごと
    sankagetsu-goto
    every three months

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
共

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ごと [gòtó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞to̞]

Suffix

ごと • (-goto) 

  1. including, up to, entirely
    皮(かわ)ごと食(た)べる
    kawa-goto taberu
    to eat it whole, including the skin
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling
事

Suffixed form of 事(こと) (koto). The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞to̞]

Suffix

ごと • (-goto) 

  1. nominalizer for an action
    頼(たの)まれごと
    tanomare-goto
    matter that one has been entrusted with
Derived terms

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of ごと – see the following entry.
【如】S
[particle] (Classical Japanese, archaic, literary, poetic) like, similar to
(This term, ごと (goto), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ごと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ごと.)
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