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こつを掴む骨を掴む [rK] コツを掴む [sK] 骨をつかむ [sK]
コツをつかむ (nokanji)こつをつかむ
1. [exp,v5m] [uk]
▶ to get the hang of
▶ to learn the secret to

Conjugations


History:
8. A 2024-04-22 20:37:01  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Since the introduction of the simplified readings policy, we've only used katakana readings for kanji when the word is gairaigo. So 骨を掴む【コツをつかむ】 doesn't work in that sense.

コツをつかむ appears to be the most common form of this expression by a wide margin. We recently decided that it's okay to lead with [nokanji] forms, so I'll move it up.
https://github.com/JMdictProject/JMdictIssues/issues/113
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>コツを掴む</keb>
+<keb>こつを掴む</keb>
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<keb>こつを掴む</keb>
+<keb>コツを掴む</keb>
@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<re_nokanji/>
@@ -24 +24,0 @@
-<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
7. A* 2024-04-21 21:35:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
How about this instead?
  Diff:
@@ -20 +20 @@
-<reb>こつをつかむ</reb>
+<reb>コツをつかむ</reb>
@@ -23 +23 @@
-<reb>コツをつかむ</reb>
+<reb>こつをつかむ</reb>
6. A* 2024-04-21 11:40:05 
  Diff:
@@ -20,2 +20 @@
-<reb>コツをつかむ</reb>
-<re_restr>コツを掴む</re_restr>
+<reb>こつをつかむ</reb>
@@ -24,2 +23,2 @@
-<reb>こつをつかむ</reb>
-<re_restr>骨を掴む</re_restr>
+<reb>コツをつかむ</reb>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
5. A 2024-04-21 06:24:35  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ コツを掴む  │ 12,755 │ 34.3% │
│ こつを掴む  │    392 │  1.1% │ - sK
│ 骨を掴む   │     57 │  0.2% │ - rK
│ 骨をつかむ  │    384 │  1.0% │ - sK
│ こつをつかむ │  1,307 │  3.5% │
│ コツをつかむ │ 22,297 │ 60.0% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Comments:
I think it would be better to have コツをつかむ as [nokanji], but that's controversial (see comments on 2127720).
  Diff:
@@ -8 +8,2 @@
-<keb>こつを掴む</keb>
+<keb>骨を掴む</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11 +12,2 @@
-<keb>骨を掴む</keb>
+<keb>こつを掴む</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,0 +17 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -16,6 +18,0 @@
-<r_ele>
-<reb>こつをつかむ</reb>
-<re_restr>こつを掴む</re_restr>
-<re_restr>骨を掴む</re_restr>
-<re_restr>骨をつかむ</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
@@ -24,0 +22,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>こつをつかむ</reb>
+<re_restr>骨を掴む</re_restr>
4. A 2015-05-24 05:36:21  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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