こと
N4 koto
- thing
- matter
noun
Also written 事
Chinese meanings
事情;事物
Examples
- 問題はお金がないということです。The trouble is that we have no money.问题是没有钱。
- 同じことが運動場でも見られます。You can see the same thing on the playing field.同样的事情在运动场上也能看到。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('038f67b635'); // こと
{
"id": "038f67b635",
"word": "こと",
"reading": "こと",
"romaji": "koto",
"meanings": [
"thing",
"matter"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1313580,
"other_forms": [
"事"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "問題はお金がないということです。",
"furigana": "{問題|もんだい}はお{金|かね}がないということです。",
"en": "The trouble is that we have no money.",
"tatoeba_id": 79848
},
{
"ja": "同じことが運動場でも見られます。",
"furigana": "{同|おな}じことが{運動場|うんどうじょう}でも{見|み}られます。",
"en": "You can see the same thing on the playing field.",
"tatoeba_id": 123723
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "4a9dc023d5ecc0ec0aa30120ec0981e942e19ecc618bba462c90244bca5ab79c",
"meanings": [
"事情",
"事物"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "問題はお金がないということです。",
"zh": "问题是没有钱。"
},
{
"ja": "同じことが運動場でも見られます。",
"zh": "同样的事情在运动场上也能看到。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/038f67b635",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "5a11dc2fa9d2c0514914bafacc944f7af178db5dac33efcab90f10d030b4fe85"
}
}