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

(slang) pistol; gun / tiddlywinks

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

play (a stringed or keyboard musical instrument)

one's sister regardless of age difference / one's lover or sweetheart who is the subject of marriage or is already married / (archaic, said from a female speaker) a close female companion

skillful, dexterous

skillful, dexterous

(rare) skill, dexterity / flattery (from being told how skillful one is, even if one isn't) / a person with the seventh dan in the games of shogi or go

(obsolete) same as jōzu reading above

(rare) alternate for jōzu above / Short for 上手物 (jōtemono): an exquisite piece of workmanship