こと

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1. 1.

   thing; matter

   nounword usually written using kanji alone
2. 2.

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

   nounword usually written using kanji alone
3. 3.

   circumstances; situation; state of affairs

   nounword usually written using kanji alone
4. 4.

   work; business; affair

   nounword usually written using kanji alone
5. 5.

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

   nounword usually written using kanji alone
6. 6.

   nominalizing suffix

   noun, used as a suffixword usually written using kanji alone
7. 7.

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

   noun, used as a suffixword usually written using kanji alone
8. 8.

   alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or

   as AことB (A = alias, B = real name)

   nounword usually written using kanji alone
9. 9.

   necessity; need

   as 〜ことはない

   nounword usually written using kanji alone
10. 10.

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

    as 〜ことだ

    nounword usually written using kanji alone