こと
Meanings
Noun
1. thing; matter (Usually kana)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis (Usually kana)
3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs (Usually kana)
4. work; business; affair (Usually kana)
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to (Usually kana)
Suffix
6. nominalizing suffix (Usually kana)
7. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... (Usually kana)
Noun
8. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (Usually kana, as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
9. necessity; need (Usually kana, as 〜ことはない)
10. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (Usually kana, as 〜ことだ)
Other spellings
事
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
こと
Used in vocabulary
考え事
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; worry; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
Noun
Examples8755
「Ｕ．Ｆ．Ｏ
"What does U.F.O. stand for?" "It means Unidentified Flying Object, I guess."
彼
He was known as a burglar of houses where occupants are present and had a reputation for sneaking in and stealing valuables even during the day.
そんな
I thought as much.
そんな
I thought as much.
ちょっと
It is no easy thing to do.
誰
Who put you up to it?