以もって

もって motte

with
by
by means of
because
in view of

expression

Chinese meanings

以；凭

Examples

その状況は戦争を以てしか決着できない。
The situation could only be settled by war.
那个局势只有通过战争才能解决。
Tatoeba #876647
どうしてもって時以外は、タクシーは使わないんだ。
I don't use taxis unless it's absolutely necessary.
非到万不得已，我不会坐出租车。
Tatoeba #11122292

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0a4e418b78'); // 以て

{
  "id": "0a4e418b78",
  "word": "以て",
  "reading": "もって",
  "romaji": "motte",
  "meanings": [
    "with",
    "by",
    "by means of",
    "because",
    "in view of"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "exp"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1155020,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その状況は戦争を以てしか決着できない。",
      "en": "The situation could only be settled by war.",
      "tatoeba_id": 876647
    },
    {
      "ja": "どうしてもって時以外は、タクシーは使わないんだ。",
      "en": "I don't use taxis unless it's absolutely necessary.",
      "tatoeba_id": 11122292
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "910521ba00605aa5d9bbfbe1cae8996acc16248e363a0b621bcc63caa76d60be",
    "meanings": [
      "以",
      "凭"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その状況は戦争を以てしか決着できない。",
        "zh": "那个局势只有通过战争才能解决。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "どうしてもって時以外は、タクシーは使わないんだ。",
        "zh": "非到万不得已，我不会坐出租车。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/0a4e418b78",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1155020; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "2da140a18ed050029bda478b8268a61fa99e05629b908e1b188fe2a80ac9a2b6"
  }
}