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[ichi1,news1,nf08] [oK]
こと [ichi1,news1,nf08]
1. [n] [uk]
▶ thing
▶ matter
2. [n] [uk]
▶ incident
▶ occurrence
▶ event
▶ something serious
▶ trouble
▶ crisis
3. [n] [uk]
▶ circumstances
▶ situation
▶ state of affairs
4. [n] [uk]
▶ work
▶ business
▶ affair
5. [n] [uk]
▶ after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
6. [n-suf] [uk]
▶ nominalizing suffix
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 2613010 事【ごと】 1. nominalizing suffix
7. [n-suf] [uk]
▶ pretending to ...
▶ playing make-believe ...
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 2613010 事【ごと】 2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
8. [n] [uk]
《as AことB (A = alias, B = real name)》
▶ alias
▶ also known as
▶ otherwise known as
▶ or
9. [n] [uk]
《as 〜ことはない》
▶ necessity
▶ need
10. [n] [uk]
《as 〜ことだ》
▶ you should ...
▶ I advise that you ...
▶ it's important to ...



History:
21. A 2023-10-19 22:01:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
20. A* 2023-10-08 23:52:38  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think it can be dropped. Not even koj has it.
  Diff:
@@ -20,4 +19,0 @@
-<r_ele>
-<reb>こん</reb>
-<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf>
-</r_ele>
19. A 2023-10-07 21:54:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
18. A* 2023-10-07 21:12:01  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
I only see こん in daijirin and nikkoku.
Their example sources seem quite old (雑兵物語 and 心中宵庚申, respectively).
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf>
17. A 2020-02-14 22:50:46  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Indeed. My apologies. I saw the proposed gloss and immediately assumed it was the 終助 こと.
  Diff:
@@ -86,0 +87,8 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<s_inf>as 〜ことだ</s_inf>
+<gloss>you should ...</gloss>
+<gloss>I advise that you ...</gloss>
+<gloss>it's important to ...</gloss>
+</sense>
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