"何事" meaning in Japanese

See 何事 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [na̠ɲ̟iɡo̞to̞] Forms: 何事 [canonical] (ruby: (なに), (ごと)), nanigoto [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|なにごと}} 何(なに)事(ごと) • (nanigoto)
  1. what sort of matter
    Sense id: en-何事-ja-noun-OgV302hk Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 67 33
  2. unspecified matter
    Sense id: en-何事-ja-noun-taNgPYeZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: (nani) (ruby: (なに)), 何物 (nanimono) (ruby: (なに), (もの)), 何者 (nanimono) (ruby: (なに), (もの))

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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari",
          "text": "かぐや姫「なにごとをか、のたまはん事は、うけたまはらざらむ。[…]」",
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            [
              "事",
              "じ"
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              "件",
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            ]
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          "text": "2018, 新幹線、無数の血痕…逮捕の男「むしゃくしゃした」 in 『産経ニュース』 (Sankei News) https://www.sankei.com/affairs/news/180609/afr1806090021-n1.html\n何事かと思った。まさか事件とは\nNanigoto ka to omotta. Masaka jiken to wa\nI was wondering if something had happened. I would have never imagined that it would be a crime…"
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          "ruby": [
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              "風",
              "ふう"
            ],
            [
              "過",
              "す"
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            [
              "願",
              "ねが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "2018, 豪雨、猛暑に台風 被災住民「くたびれた」 in 『毎日新聞』 (Mainichi Shimbun) https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180730/ddq/041/040/006000c\n何事もなく台風が過ぎることを願っている\nnanigoto mo naku taifū ga sugiru koto o negatteiru\nI am hoping that the typhoon will go away without any incidents"
        }
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          "text": "竹取の翁、「この匠が申ことはなに事ぞ」と傾きをり。",
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari",
          "text": "これを見て、「あが佛、なに事(ごと)思ひたまふぞ。思すらんこと何(なに)ごとぞ」と言へば[…]",
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      "ipa": "[na̠ɲ̟iɡo̞to̞]"
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    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
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          "ruby": [
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              "何",
              "なに"
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              "事",
              "ごと"
            ],
            [
              "台",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "風",
              "ふう"
            ],
            [
              "過",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "願",
              "ねが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "2018, 豪雨、猛暑に台風 被災住民「くたびれた」 in 『毎日新聞』 (Mainichi Shimbun) https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180730/ddq/041/040/006000c\n何事もなく台風が過ぎることを願っている\nnanigoto mo naku taifū ga sugiru koto o negatteiru\nI am hoping that the typhoon will go away without any incidents"
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari",
          "text": "これを見て、「あが佛、なに事(ごと)思ひたまふぞ。思すらんこと何(なに)ごとぞ」と言へば[…]",
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      "other": "なにごと"
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    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ɲ̟iɡo̞to̞]"
    }
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  "word": "何事"
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