JLPT N4 vocabulary

事meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

こと2Odaka · falls after

Meaning

  1. thing, matter
  2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
  3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
  4. work, business, affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
  6. (noun suffix) nominalizing suffix
  7. (noun suffix) pretending to ..., playing make-believe ...
  8. alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or
  9. necessity, need
  10. you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...

Example sentences

  1. いいことを教えおしてやる。

    I'll tell you something good. (e.g. a secret)

  2. いいえ、謝るあやまことはないよ。

    No, there's no need to apologize.

  3. あなたの言ういことは信じしんがたい。

    It is difficult to believe what you say.