こと
koto

Noun

1. thing; matter

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「U ゆう.F えふ.O おうとは なん あらわしているの」「未 確認 かくにん飛行 ひこう物体 ぶったいのことだと おもう」
"yūefuō towa nanio arawashite iru no" "mikakuninhikōbuttaino kotodato omō"
"What does U.F.O. stand for?" "It means Unidentified Flying Object, I guess."
Noun

2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis

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Noun

3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs

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Noun

4. work; business; affair

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Noun

5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to

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Suffix

6. nominalizing suffix

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Related to 事【ごと・1】
かれ居空 いあきとして られ、日中 にっちゅうでも いえ しの んで貴重 きちょう ひん ぬすむことで評判 ひょうばんとなっていた。
karewa i akito shite shirare nicchūdemo ieni shinobikonde kichōhin'o nusumu kotode hyōbanto natte ita.
He was known as a burglar of houses where occupants are present and had a reputation for sneaking in and stealing valuables even during the day.
Suffix

7. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...

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Related to 事【ごと・2】
Noun

8. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or

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Noun

9. necessity; need

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Noun

10. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...

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