FromOld Japanese, fromProto-Japonic*kətə. Cognate with言(koto,“word”).

• (suffix)ごと(goto)

• (Tokyo)こと[kòtóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞to̞]

こと• (koto) 

1. broadly, any abstractthing,affair,matter, orfact
   1. athing,occasion,circumstances,detail,particular

      昔(むかし)の事(こと)。

      Mukashi nokoto.

      Pastthings.

      些(さ)細(さい)な事(こと)だ。

      Sasai nakoto da.

      It is a trivialmatter.

      いやしくもなすに足(た)る事(こと)なら立(りっ)派(ぱ)にやるだけの価(か)値(ち)がある。

      Iyashiku mo nasu ni tarukoto nara rippa ni yaru dake no kachi ga aru.

      If athing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well.

      お前(まえ)のことが好(す)きだ。

      Omae nokoto ga suki da.

      I love you.(masculine speech)

      そんなことじゃない。

      Sonnakoto ja nai.

      That's not what I mean.

      (literally, “It is not that kind ofmatter.”)

      そんなことはない。

      Sonnakoto wa nai.

      That does not happen.

      (literally, “That kind ofmatter does not exist.”)

   2. act of(word used for the nominalization of verbs, adjectives, or phrases)

      ある程(てい)度(ど)まで私(わたし)はあなたの言(い)うことに賛(さん)成(せい)です。

      Aru teido made watashi wa anata no iukoto ni sansei desu.

      I agree withwhat you say to some extent.

      考(かんが)えること5分(ごふん)

      kangaerukoto go-fun

      The act of thinking five minutes

   3. (by extension)experience, having been or done(used withある(aru,“have, possess”))

      京(きょう)都(と)に行(い)ったことが有(あ)りますか。

      Kyōto ni ittakoto ga arimasu ka.

      Have youever been to Kyoto?

      彼(かれ)は学(がっ)校(こう)に遅(ち)刻(こく)することが有(あ)る。

      Kare wa gakkō ni chikoku surukoto ga aru.

      Heis sometimes late for school.

   4. event of special importance:affair,something,incident,case,occurrence,trouble

      大(たい)変(へん)なことが起(お)こった。

      Taihen nakoto ga okotta.

      A terribleaccident occurred.

   5. business matters,affairs,business,work,duty

      慌(あわ)てて事(こと)を運(はこ)ぶとミスをしますよ。

      Awatetekoto o hakobu to misu o shimasu yo.

      You make mistakes if you dothings in a hurry.

   6. Used as a nominalizer for precepts.

      ○○は各(かく)自(じ)持(じ)参(さん)のこと。

      ○○ Wa kakuji jisan nokoto.

      Each brings their own X.

      ○○は正(ただ)しく使(し)用(よう)すること。

      ○○ Wa tadashiku shiyō surukoto.

      X is to be used properly.

   7. It is said that; I've heard that(used with とのこと)

      ○○は存(そん)在(ざい)しないとのこと

      ○○ wa sonzai shinai to nokoto

      X is said to not exist.

      明日(あした　)は晴(　は)れるとのことだ。

      Ashita wa hareru to nokoto da.

      Apparently the weather will be fine tomorrow.

   8. Used to introduce aliases/stage names.

      こんまりこと近(こん)藤(どう)麻(ま)理(り)恵(え)

      konmarikoto Kondō Marie

      Marie Kondo, also known as KonMari

• This term is often spelled inkana.
• こと(koto) is used for abstract things, such as an action or concept.物(mono) is used for more concrete things, such as physical objects.
• Besidesヿ, a hiragana abbreviation also exists,, which is presently not in Unicode.

• 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed.大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

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