事ことによると

ことによると kotoniyoruto

depending on the circumstances

expression

Chinese meanings

说不定；也许

Examples

Furigana

ことによると、きみにも一いっ緒しょにきてもらう。
Maybe you'd better come with us.
说不定也要请你一起去。
Tatoeba #224093
ことによると父は次の列車で帰るかもしれません。
My father will possibly come on the next train.
父亲也许会乘下一班列车回来。
Tatoeba #224092

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('26bcaec009'); // 事によると

{
  "id": "26bcaec009",
  "word": "事によると",
  "reading": "ことによると",
  "romaji": "kotoniyoruto",
  "meanings": [
    "depending on the circumstances"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "exp"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 2773660,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ことによると、きみにも一緒にきてもらう。",
      "furigana": "ことによると、きみにも{一緒|いっしょ}にきてもらう。",
      "en": "Maybe you'd better come with us.",
      "tatoeba_id": 224093
    },
    {
      "ja": "ことによると父は次の列車で帰るかもしれません。",
      "en": "My father will possibly come on the next train.",
      "tatoeba_id": 224092
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "ddc9fd3d16b725bcd8a9861dc803855570441aef9ec29810c9efe0d66740d677",
    "meanings": [
      "说不定",
      "也许"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ことによると、きみにも一緒にきてもらう。",
        "zh": "说不定也要请你一起去。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "ことによると父は次の列車で帰るかもしれません。",
        "zh": "父亲也许会乘下一班列车回来。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/26bcaec009",
      "JMdict ent_seq 2773660; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "2cc0dc311bc0f0243c262968369950a17249e2b6be30e5c17a666ffbf7baba0d",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}