koto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese guzheng / (colloquial) guzheng: a Chinese zither on which the koto was based

a female given name

in order to / for the sake of; purpose; objective; aim / cause; reason; circumstance

therefore; for that reason

(archaic) beautiful

to play (a musical instrument or piece of music)

beautiful

(slang) pistol; gun / tiddlywinks

(literary) they (about women or girls)

to flick and make something spring/jump / (of materials) to reject; to repel (some external substance) / (from the metaphor of beating beads of an abacus) to calculate