単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kana words#40 most used

こと1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

thing; matter

IN A SENTENCE

Did something good happen?

written for Tangoya

IN OTHER SENTENCES

Tom says he has nothing to do.

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MEANINGS

1

thing; matter

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis

noun

3

circumstances; situation; state of affairs

noun

4

work; business; affair

noun

5

after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to

noun

6

nominalizing suffix

suffix

7

pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...

suffix

8

alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or

noun

9

necessity; need

noun

10

you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...

noun

DETAILS

Kindかな語, kana words

Frequency#40 most used

Writtenこと、事、縡

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium