<entry id="1996912" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2791230</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>との事</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>とのこと</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<s_inf>used to indicate that one has heard the preceding information from somebody</s_inf>
<gloss>I'm told</gloss>
<gloss>is what I heard</gloss>
<gloss>is how it is, apparently</gloss>
<gloss>is what they said</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2013-06-12 01:27:08" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>richwarm</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Richard Warmington</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>受付の方に聞きましたが、現在社長は食事中との事です。
.
人から聞いた話であることを表す。…という。…だそう。「彼は会社をやめた―だ」
http://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AE%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-06-12 01:53:33" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Most of the examples I could find were in kana - neither GG5 nor Eijiro has any with 事. (とのこと will play merry hell with WWWJDIC's text glossing.)</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5 example: 肝炎と診断されたが幸い軽症とのことだ． I was diagnosed as having hepatitis, but fortunately it's a mild case, I'm told.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,1 +12,4 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;(indicates that one has heard the preceding information from somebody)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;I'm told&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;he was informed&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss g_type="expl"&gt;indicates that one has heard the preceding information from somebody&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-06-12 04:47:18" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>richwarm</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Richard Warmington</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>I only included the kanji form との事 because it happened to 
appear in one example I saw. I think the kanji would be rarely 
used in this context, and I'm fine if you want to omit the 
kanji form of the expression.</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-06-12 08:13:40" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>It should be there in the entry, but the "uk" tag indicates it's usually in kana.
BTW, I found quite a few examples in the Tanaka corpus, so I'll link them.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-06-12 11:07:33" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I notice there's another とのこと pattern: "よろしくとのこと". It's in 3 Tanaka sentences:
夫からもくれぐれもよろしくとのことです。 My husband sends his best regards to you. 
彼女からよろしくとのことです。 She sent you her best wishes. 
兄があなたによろしくとのことです。 My brother sends you his regards. 
It's also in Eijiro: 
主語からも人によろしくとのこと join in sending very best regards to
The pattern is very common ~4M hits plus 2.3M for よろしくとの事. 
I suspect it means that とのこと also carries a sense of "I'm passing on a message".</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Daijs: 人から聞いた話であることを表す。…という。…だそう。「彼は会社をやめた―だ」</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-06-12 11:53:34" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>richwarm</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Richard Warmington</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Yeah, it indicates that you're passing on what you heard from someone else 
(which can be 「よろしくお伝えください」... or anything else)</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-06-12 23:25:58" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>OK, I'll include that.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -14,0 +14,1 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;I'm passing on a message&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-03-31 01:56:30" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+&lt;s_inf&gt;used to indicate that one has heard the preceding information from somebody&lt;/s_inf&gt;
@@ -16 +16,0 @@
-&lt;gloss g_type="expl"&gt;indicates that one has heard the preceding information from somebody&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-03-31 02:08:53" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2019-02-09 12:47:12" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Better?</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,2 +15,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;I'm passing on a message&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;he was informed&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;is what I heard&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;is how it is, apparently&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;is what they said&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2019-02-09 19:18:51" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>