Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Common noun
thing; matter
Common noun
incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
Common noun
circumstances; situation; state of affairs
Common noun
work; business; affair
Common noun
after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
Noun, used as a suffix
nominalizing suffix
Noun, used as a suffix
pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
Common noun; As aことb (a = alias, b = real name)
alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or
Common noun; As 〜ことはない
necessity; need
Common noun; As 〜ことだ
you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
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