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：2026/01/08
こと
Kanji
事
Noun
broadly
Japanese Meaning
物、機会、状況、詳細、特定の行為（動詞、形容詞、または句の名詞化に使用される単語）
Easy Japanese Meaning
できごとや、ものごと、ようすをいうことば。うごきのことばや、ようすのことばのあとにつけて、することをいう。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
事情；情况；细节、事项 / （语法）将动词、形容词或短语名词化，表示“……之事”
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
事情；事項；細節 / 情況；狀況；情形 / （名詞化）用於將動詞、形容詞或片語名詞化，表示「……的行為／……這件事」
Korean Meaning
일, 것, 사항 / 경우, 사정 / …함, …하는 것(명사화)
Indonesian
hal; perkara / peristiwa; keadaan / penanda nominalisasi
Vietnamese Meaning
điều; việc; chuyện / trường hợp; hoàn cảnh; tình tiết / từ dùng để danh từ hóa động từ, tính từ hoặc cụm từ
Tagalog Meaning
bagay; usapin; detalye / pangyayari; okasyon; kalagayan / ang pag-; pampangngalan ng kilos o katangian
Sense（1）
a thing, occasion, circumstances, detail, particular
Sense（2）
act of (word used for the nominalization of verbs, adjectives, or phrases)
Sense（3）
(by extension) experience, having been or done (used with ある (aru, “have, possess”))
Sense（4）
event of special importance: affair, something, incident, case, occurrence, trouble
Sense（5）
business matters, affairs, business, work, duty
Sense（6）
Used as a nominalizer for precepts.
Sense（7）
It is said that; I've heard that (used with とのこと)
Sense（8）
Used to introduce aliases/stage names.
（ romanization ）
Quizzes for review
a thing, occasion, circumstances, detail, particular / act of (word used for the nominalization of verbs, adjectives, or phrases)
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こと
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I like playing with dogs in the park.
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公園で犬と遊ぶことが好きです。
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