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Meaning of (こと) in Japanese

JLPT 4
Kana Reading
こと, こん
Romaji
koto, kon
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    thing; matter
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    work; business; affair
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
  • Parts of speech
    noun, used as a suffix
    Meaning
    nominalizing suffix
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...

Examples of 事, こと, こん in a sentence



Related Kanji

JLPT 4

8 strokes

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

On'Yomi: ジ, ズ

Kun'Yomi: こと, つか.う, つか.える

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