事 (こと) — thing, matter, affair

事こと thing

Frequency #37 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 3 1 character noun

koto

こと

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. こと[2] odaka 尾高

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Meanings

thing
matter
affair

Explained in simple Japanese

話(はなし)や考(かんが)えのなかみになるもの。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

こと事 thing

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Words with 事 (24)

記(き)事(じ) kiji article 仕(し)事(ごと) shigoto work 事(じ)業(ぎょう) jigyou business 事(じ)件(けん) jiken incident 事(じ)実(じつ) jijitsu fact 事(じ)務(む) jimu office work 大(だい)事(じ) daiji important 事(じ)故(こ) jiko accident

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Meanings

Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 事 (24)

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