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"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kətə. Cognate with 言 (koto, “word”).",
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"tags": [
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"english": "make a point of",
"roman": "koto ni shite iru",
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"word": "事にしている"
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"english": "it has been decided that",
"roman": "koto ni naru",
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"roman": "koto ga tariru",
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"roman": "koto o hakubu",
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"roman": "koto o okosu",
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"word": "事を起こす"
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"english": "revel in trouble and discord",
"roman": "koto o konomu",
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"word": "事を好む"
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"roman": "koto o wakeru",
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"roman": "koto o nashitogeru",
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"english": "under certain circumstances",
"roman": "koto to shidai de",
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"word": "事と次第で"
},
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"english": "careless",
"roman": "koto mo nage",
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"word": "事も無げ"
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"english": "it is said, they say",
"roman": "koto de aru",
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"word": "事である"
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"english": "in everything",
"roman": "kotogoto ni",
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"word": "事毎に"
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"english": "obvious fact",
"roman": "meihaku na koto",
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[
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"はく"
],
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"こと"
]
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"word": "明白な事"
},
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"english": "speak about the school",
"roman": "gakko no koto o hanasu",
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"こ"
],
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],
"word": "学校の事を話す"
},
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"english": "what one thinks",
"roman": "kangaeru koto",
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],
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]
],
"word": "考える事"
},
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"english": "for a long time",
"roman": "nagai koto",
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"なが"
],
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"こと"
]
],
"word": "永い事"
},
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"english": "daily affairs",
"roman": "mainichi no koto",
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"まい"
],
[
"日",
"にち"
],
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"こと"
]
],
"word": "毎日の事"
},
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"english": "under any circumstances",
"roman": "donna koto ga atte mo",
"ruby": [
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"word": "どんな事が有っても"
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"english": "Past things.",
"roman": "Mukashi no koto.",
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],
"text": "昔の事。"
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"english": "It is a trivial matter.",
"roman": "Sasai na koto da.",
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"さ"
],
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"細",
"さい"
],
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"こと"
]
],
"text": "些細な事だ。"
},
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"english": "If a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well.",
"roman": "Iyashiku mo nasu ni taru koto nara rippa ni yaru dake no kachi ga aru.",
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],
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"か"
],
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"ち"
]
],
"text": "いやしくもなすに足る事なら立派にやるだけの価値がある。"
},
{
"english": "I love you. (masculine speech)",
"roman": "Omae no koto ga suki da.",
"ruby": [
[
"前",
"まえ"
],
[
"好",
"す"
]
],
"text": "お前のことが好きだ。"
},
{
"english": "literally, “It is not that kind of matter.”",
"text": "そんなことじゃない。\nSonna koto ja nai.\nThat's not what I mean.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "literally, “That kind of matter does not exist.”",
"text": "そんなことはない。\nSonna koto wa nai.\nThat does not happen.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"a thing, occasion, circumstances, detail, particular"
],
"id": "en-こと-ja-noun-~ct7W9Rr",
"links": [
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"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
],
[
"occasion",
"occasion"
],
[
"circumstances",
"circumstances"
],
[
"detail",
"detail"
],
[
"particular",
"particular"
]
]
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{
"english": "I agree with what you say to some extent.",
"roman": "Aru teido made watashi wa anata no iu koto ni sansei desu.",
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"てい"
],
[
"度",
"ど"
],
[
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],
[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"賛",
"さん"
],
[
"成",
"せい"
]
],
"text": "ある程度まで私はあなたの言うことに賛成です。"
},
{
"english": "The act of thinking five minutes",
"roman": "kangaeru koto go-fun",
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"text": "考えること5分"
}
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"act of (word used for the nominalization of verbs, adjectives, or phrases)"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Have you ever been to Kyoto?",
"roman": "Kyōto ni itta koto ga arimasu ka.",
"ruby": [
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"京",
"きょう"
],
[
"都",
"と"
],
[
"行",
"い"
],
[
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"あ"
]
],
"text": "京都に行ったことが有りますか。"
},
{
"english": "He is sometimes late for school.",
"roman": "Kare wa gakkō ni chikoku suru koto ga aru.",
"ruby": [
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"彼",
"かれ"
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[
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],
"text": "彼は学校に遅刻することが有る。"
}
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"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"experience, having been or done (used with ある (aru, “have, possess”))"
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"(by extension) experience, having been or done (used with ある (aru, “have, possess”))"
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{
"english": "A terrible accident occurred.",
"roman": "Taihen na koto ga okotta.",
"ruby": [
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"たい"
],
[
"変",
"へん"
],
[
"起",
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]
],
"text": "大変なことが起こった。"
}
],
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"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"event of special importance: affair, something, incident, case, occurrence, trouble"
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[
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"fact"
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[
"something",
"something"
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[
"incident",
"incident"
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[
"case",
"case"
],
[
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[
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]
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{
"english": "You make mistakes if you do things in a hurry.",
"roman": "Awatete koto o hakobu to misu o shimasu yo.",
"ruby": [
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"慌",
"あわ"
],
[
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"こと"
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],
"text": "慌てて事を運ぶとミスをしますよ。"
}
],
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"business matters, affairs, business, work, duty"
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"各",
"かく"
],
[
"自",
"じ"
],
[
"持",
"じ"
],
[
"参",
"さん"
]
],
"text": "○○は各自持参のこと。\n○○ Wa kakuji jisan no koto.\nEach brings their own X."
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"ただ"
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[
"用",
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]
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"text": "○○は正しく使用すること。\n○○ Wa tadashiku shiyō suru koto.\nX is to be used properly."
}
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"Used as a nominalizer for precepts."
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"text": "○○は存在しないとのこと\n○○ wa sonzai shinai to no koto\nX is said to not exist."
},
{
"english": "Apparently the weather will be fine tomorrow.",
"roman": "Ashita wa hareru to no koto da.",
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[
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"は"
]
],
"text": "明日は晴れるとのことだ。"
}
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"It is said that; I've heard that (used with とのこと)"
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],
"text": "こんまりこと近藤麻理恵\nkonmari koto Kondō Marie\nMarie Kondo, also known as KonMari"
}
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"suffix"
],
"word": "ごと"
}
],
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{
"english": "revel in trouble and discord",
"roman": "koto o konomu",
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"word": "事を好む"
},
{
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"roman": "koto o wakeru",
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"word": "事を分ける"
},
{
"english": "achieve a task",
"roman": "koto o nashitogeru",
"ruby": [
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"事",
"こと"
],
[
"成",
"な"
],
[
"遂",
"と"
]
],
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},
{
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"roman": "koto to shidai de",
"ruby": [
[
"事",
"こと"
],
[
"次",
"し"
],
[
"第",
"だい"
]
],
"word": "事と次第で"
},
{
"english": "careless",
"roman": "koto mo nage",
"ruby": [
[
"事",
"こと"
],
[
"無",
"な"
]
],
"word": "事も無げ"
},
{
"english": "it is said, they say",
"roman": "koto de aru",
"ruby": [
[
"事",
"こと"
]
],
"word": "事である"
},
{
"english": "in everything",
"roman": "kotogoto ni",
"ruby": [
[
"事",
"こと"
],
[
"毎",
"ごと"
]
],
"word": "事毎に"
},
{
"english": "obvious fact",
"roman": "meihaku na koto",
"ruby": [
[
"明",
"めい"
],
[
"白",
"はく"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
]
],
"word": "明白な事"
},
{
"english": "speak about the school",
"roman": "gakko no koto o hanasu",
"ruby": [
[
"学",
"がっ"
],
[
"校",
"こ"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
],
[
"話",
"はな"
]
],
"word": "学校の事を話す"
},
{
"english": "what one thinks",
"roman": "kangaeru koto",
"ruby": [
[
"考",
"かんが"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
]
],
"word": "考える事"
},
{
"english": "for a long time",
"roman": "nagai koto",
"ruby": [
[
"永",
"なが"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
]
],
"word": "永い事"
},
{
"english": "daily affairs",
"roman": "mainichi no koto",
"ruby": [
[
"毎",
"まい"
],
[
"日",
"にち"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
]
],
"word": "毎日の事"
},
{
"english": "under any circumstances",
"roman": "donna koto ga atte mo",
"ruby": [
[
"事",
"こと"
],
[
"有",
"あ"
]
],
"word": "どんな事が有っても"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Past things.",
"roman": "Mukashi no koto.",
"ruby": [
[
"昔",
"むかし"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
]
],
"text": "昔の事。"
},
{
"english": "It is a trivial matter.",
"roman": "Sasai na koto da.",
"ruby": [
[
"些",
"さ"
],
[
"細",
"さい"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
]
],
"text": "些細な事だ。"
},
{
"english": "If a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well.",
"roman": "Iyashiku mo nasu ni taru koto nara rippa ni yaru dake no kachi ga aru.",
"ruby": [
[
"足",
"た"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
],
[
"立",
"りっ"
],
[
"派",
"ぱ"
],
[
"価",
"か"
],
[
"値",
"ち"
]
],
"text": "いやしくもなすに足る事なら立派にやるだけの価値がある。"
},
{
"english": "I love you. (masculine speech)",
"roman": "Omae no koto ga suki da.",
"ruby": [
[
"前",
"まえ"
],
[
"好",
"す"
]
],
"text": "お前のことが好きだ。"
},
{
"english": "literally, “It is not that kind of matter.”",
"text": "そんなことじゃない。\nSonna koto ja nai.\nThat's not what I mean.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "literally, “That kind of matter does not exist.”",
"text": "そんなことはない。\nSonna koto wa nai.\nThat does not happen.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"a thing, occasion, circumstances, detail, particular"
],
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
],
[
"occasion",
"occasion"
],
[
"circumstances",
"circumstances"
],
[
"detail",
"detail"
],
[
"particular",
"particular"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I agree with what you say to some extent.",
"roman": "Aru teido made watashi wa anata no iu koto ni sansei desu.",
"ruby": [
[
"程",
"てい"
],
[
"度",
"ど"
],
[
"私",
"わたし"
],
[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"賛",
"さん"
],
[
"成",
"せい"
]
],
"text": "ある程度まで私はあなたの言うことに賛成です。"
},
{
"english": "The act of thinking five minutes",
"roman": "kangaeru koto go-fun",
"ruby": [
[
"考",
"かんが"
],
[
"5分",
"ごふん"
]
],
"text": "考えること5分"
}
],
"glosses": [
"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"act of (word used for the nominalization of verbs, adjectives, or phrases)"
],
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
],
[
"act",
"act"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Have you ever been to Kyoto?",
"roman": "Kyōto ni itta koto ga arimasu ka.",
"ruby": [
[
"京",
"きょう"
],
[
"都",
"と"
],
[
"行",
"い"
],
[
"有",
"あ"
]
],
"text": "京都に行ったことが有りますか。"
},
{
"english": "He is sometimes late for school.",
"roman": "Kare wa gakkō ni chikoku suru koto ga aru.",
"ruby": [
[
"彼",
"かれ"
],
[
"学",
"がっ"
],
[
"校",
"こう"
],
[
"遅",
"ち"
],
[
"刻",
"こく"
],
[
"有",
"あ"
]
],
"text": "彼は学校に遅刻することが有る。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"experience, having been or done (used with ある (aru, “have, possess”))"
],
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
],
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"ある",
"ある#Japanese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"(by extension) experience, having been or done (used with ある (aru, “have, possess”))"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "A terrible accident occurred.",
"roman": "Taihen na koto ga okotta.",
"ruby": [
[
"大",
"たい"
],
[
"変",
"へん"
],
[
"起",
"お"
]
],
"text": "大変なことが起こった。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"event of special importance: affair, something, incident, case, occurrence, trouble"
],
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
],
[
"something",
"something"
],
[
"incident",
"incident"
],
[
"case",
"case"
],
[
"occurrence",
"occurrence"
],
[
"trouble",
"trouble"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You make mistakes if you do things in a hurry.",
"roman": "Awatete koto o hakobu to misu o shimasu yo.",
"ruby": [
[
"慌",
"あわ"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
],
[
"運",
"はこ"
]
],
"text": "慌てて事を運ぶとミスをしますよ。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"business matters, affairs, business, work, duty"
],
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
],
[
"affairs",
"affairs"
],
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"work",
"work"
],
[
"duty",
"duty"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"ruby": [
[
"各",
"かく"
],
[
"自",
"じ"
],
[
"持",
"じ"
],
[
"参",
"さん"
]
],
"text": "○○は各自持参のこと。\n○○ Wa kakuji jisan no koto.\nEach brings their own X."
},
{
"ruby": [
[
"正",
"ただ"
],
[
"使",
"し"
],
[
"用",
"よう"
]
],
"text": "○○は正しく使用すること。\n○○ Wa tadashiku shiyō suru koto.\nX is to be used properly."
}
],
"glosses": [
"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"Used as a nominalizer for precepts."
],
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"ruby": [
[
"存",
"そん"
],
[
"在",
"ざい"
]
],
"text": "○○は存在しないとのこと\n○○ wa sonzai shinai to no koto\nX is said to not exist."
},
{
"english": "Apparently the weather will be fine tomorrow.",
"roman": "Ashita wa hareru to no koto da.",
"ruby": [
[
"明日",
"あした"
],
[
"晴",
"は"
]
],
"text": "明日は晴れるとのことだ。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"It is said that; I've heard that (used with とのこと)"
],
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"こん"
],
[
"藤",
"どう"
],
[
"麻",
"ま"
],
[
"理",
"り"
],
[
"恵",
"え"
]
],
"text": "こんまりこと近藤麻理恵\nkonmari koto Kondō Marie\nMarie Kondo, also known as KonMari"
}
],
"glosses": [
"broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact",
"Used to introduce aliases/stage names."
],
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
]
]
}
],
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},
{
"ipa": "[ko̞to̞]"
}
],
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"suffix"
],
"word": "ごと"
}
],
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}
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"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
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],
"word": "こと"
}
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"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
"redirects": [
"琴"
],
"word": "こと"
}
{
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"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
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"異"
],
"word": "こと"
}
{
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"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"こと"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "こと",
"trace": ""
}
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