異ことalso: けこと○Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000じ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1noun, na-adjective, noun, used as a prefixdifference; different thing; otherarchaicOnly with reading ことArchaic noun/adjectival noun/prefix meaning 'different' or 'other'. Used in classical contexts or fixed expressions; modern Japanese prefers 違い or 別.古こ典てんでは「異ことなる」の意い味みで「異ことなり」と使つかわれた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerIn classical texts, 異なり was used to mean 'different'.2na-adjectiveunusual; extraordinaryArchaic adjectival noun meaning 'unusual' or 'extraordinary'. The reading け is particularly rare; modern equivalents include 変わった or 異常な.古こ語ごでは「異ことなり」が「普ふ通つうでない」という意い味みで使つかわれた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerIn old language, 異なり was used to mean 'unusual'.See all 11 example sentences ›Expressions異ことにするdiffer in; be different in terms of選せんを異ことにするbe in a different league; belong to a different categoryによって異ことなるdiffer depending on; vary according to幽ゆう明めい境さかいを異ことにするto die; to pass away; to depart this world
