こと

Also written 事, 縡

Meanings

1. Noun thing; matter
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
4. work; business; affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
6. Noun suffix nominalizing suffix See also: 事 (ごと).
7. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... See also: 事 (ごと).
8. Noun alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
9. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
10. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)

Example sentences

• そんなことは起きないでしょう。
  That won't happen.
• 驚くことではないね。
  It doesn't surprise me.
• こんな馬鹿なことは言ったことが無い。
  That's the stupidest thing I've ever said.
• 時々感情が抑えられないことがある。
  Sometimes I can't help showing emotions.
• あなたは新しいことを勉強したいのだと思った。
  I thought you liked to learn new things.

Words containing こと

• こと座 (ことざ) Lyra (constellation)
• 二度あることは三度ある (にどあることはさんどある) what happens twice will happen thrice
• ことがある (for something) to have occurred

And 123 more.

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