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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

こと

N4
koto
  1. thing
  2. matter
noun

Also written 事

Chinese meanings

事情;事物

Examples

  • 問もん題だいはお金かねがないということです。
    The trouble is that we have no money.
    问题是没有钱。
  • 同おなじことが運うん動どう場じょうでも見みられます。
    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"
  }
}