なんて事 | Shirabe

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事こと

#16

Common N4

Pitch accent

Meaning

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English · JMdict

thing;matter

「Ｕ．Ｆ．Ｏとは何を表しているの」「未確認飛行物体のことだと思う」

"What does U.F.O. stand for?" "It means Unidentified Flying Object, I guess."
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English · JMdict

incident;occurrence;event;something serious;trouble;crisis
3

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circumstances;situation;state of affairs

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Kanji

事ジ matter, thing, fact

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2)

事ごと

#11,448

Pitch accent

Meaning

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English · JMdict

nominalizing suffix

See also: 事 (こと)
2

English · JMdict

pretending to ...;playing make-believe ...

See also: 事 (こと)

Kanji

事ジ matter, thing, fact

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3)

事じ

#391,649

Pitch accent

Meaning

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Buddhism

individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)

See also: 理 (り)

Kanji

事ジ matter, thing, fact

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4)

ことになる

#255

Common

Meaning

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English · JMdict

to have been decided (so) that;to have been arranged (so) that

usu. sentence ending

１週間の休暇を取っても良い事になった。

I was allowed to take a week off.
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to be the result (of);to be the outcome

苦労と心配で彼の健康はそこなわれることになった。

Toil and worry caused his health to break down.
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to be the reason (for)

あなたが言っていることからすれば、彼はそこにいなかったことになる。

It follows from what you say that he was not there.

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5)

ことがある

#286

Common

Meaning

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(for something) to have occurred;to have done (something)

after the past tense form of a verb

See also: 事がない (ことがない)

私は彼に会ったことがある。

I have met him before.
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(for something) to happen on occasion

See also: 事がない (ことがない)

細菌が病気を引き起こすことがある。

Germs can cause sickness.

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6)

ことはない

#7,948

Meaning

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there is no need to ...

君がひどい目にあうことはないよ。

No harm will come to you.
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never happens;there is never a time when

それは決して消えることはない。

That will never disappear.

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7)

ことができる

#485

Common

Meaning

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to be able (to);to be possible (to)

usu. verb+ことが...

緑色植物は自分自身の食物を作ることができる。

Green plants can make their own food.

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8)

ことにする

#717

Common

Meaning

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to decide to
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to pretend that

after the past tense form of a verb
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to make a practice of doing;to make it a rule to

as 〜ことにしている

私は６時に起床することにしている。

I make a practice of getting up at six.

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9)

事件じけん

#872

Common N3

Pitch accent

Meaning

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English · JMdict

event;affair;incident;case;plot;trouble;scandal

この事件に手を貸してください。

Give me a hand with this case.

Kanji

事ジ matter, thing, fact 件ケン affair, case, matter

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10)

事実じじつ

#887

Common N3

Pitch accent

Meaning

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fact;truth;reality

事実は小説よりも奇なり。

Fact is stranger than fiction.
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English · Wikipedia

A fact is something that has really occurred or is actually the case. More

Kanji

事ジ matter, thing, fact 実ジツ reality, truth, seed

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事情じじょう

#972

Common N3

Pitch accent

Meaning

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circumstances;conditions;situation;reasons;state of affairs

そこに行くかもしれないが、それは事情次第だ。

I may go there, but that depends.

Kanji

事ジ matter, thing, fact 情ジョウ feelings, emotion, passion

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12)

ことがない

#1,335

Common

Meaning

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(something) has never occurred;to have never done (something);such a thing has not happened

after the past tense form of a verb
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never happens;there is never a time when

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13)

事故じこ

#1,460

Common N4

Pitch accent

Meaning

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English · JMdict

accident;incident;trouble

その事故について彼に質問した。

I asked him about the accident.
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English · JMdict

circumstances;reasons
3

English · Wikipedia

An accident, also known as an unintentional injury, is an undesirable, incidental and unplanned event that could have been prevented had circumstances leadin... More

Kanji

事ジ matter, thing, fact 故コ happenstance, especially, intentionally

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事故じこ

#1,460

Meaning

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English · JMnedict

Jiko

Kanji

事ジ matter, thing, fact 故コ happenstance, especially, intentionally

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事態じたい

#1,875

Common N3

Pitch accent

Meaning

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situation;(present) state of affairs;circumstances

often with a negative connotation

事態はかなり切迫している。

The matter is really pressing.

Kanji

事ジ matter, thing, fact 態タイ attitude, condition, figure

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16)

ことなく

#41,194

Meaning

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without accident;uneventfully
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without ...

after verb

彼は彼女に気づくことなく走り過ぎた。

He ran past without noticing her.

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17)

事前じぜん

#3,135

Common N1

Pitch accent

Meaning

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prior;beforehand;in advance;before the fact;ex ante

often as 事前に

See also: 事後 (じご)

事前に予約を取っておくべきだ。

We'd better make a reservation beforehand.