<entry id="1045700" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2524270</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>こと</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&prt;</pos>
<s_inf>particle always used at sentence-end</s_inf>
<gloss>particle indicating a command</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&prt;</pos>
<misc>&fem;</misc>
<s_inf>often as ことね</s_inf>
<gloss>particle indicating mild enthusiasm</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&prt;</pos>
<gloss>particle indicating a gentle interrogative</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&prt;</pos>
<s_inf>at sentence end as ことよ</s_inf>
<gloss>particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2009-11-14 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2010-10-04 23:57:30" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>i can't see any support for the original gloss, which is worded a bit confusingly anyway.  was it one of mine?</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>koj, daijr, daijs, meikyo</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,3 +8,18 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;conj;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;s_inf&gt;used in reverse order in Japanese, i.e., nickname first, followed by こと, then formal name&lt;/s_inf&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;also known as&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;prt;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;particle always used at sentence-end&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;particle indicating a command&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;prt;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;fem;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;often as ことね&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;particle indicating mild enthusiasm&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;prt;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;particle indicating a gentle interrogative&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;prt;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;at sentence end as ことよ&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2010-10-05 21:45:51" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>