nominalizing suffix |
事 [こと] /(n) (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/(n-suf) (6) nominalizing suffix/(7) pretending to .../playing make-believe .../(P)/ ------- 事 [ごと] /(suf) (1) nominalizing suffix/(2) pretending to .../playing make-believe .../ ------- 事 [こん] /(n) (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/(n-suf) (6) nominalizing suffix/(7) pretending to .../playing make-believe .../ ------- 等 [ら] /(suf) (1) pluralizing suffix (often humble, derogatory or familiar)/and others/et alios/and the like/and followers/(2) or so (rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.)/(3) (after the stem of an adjective) nominalizing suffix/ |