nominalizing suffix 事 [ごと] /(suf) (1) (See 事・こと・6) nominalizing suffix/(2) (See 事・こと・7) pretending to .../playing make-believe .../EntL2613010/ ------- 事 [こと(P);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) (See 事・ごと・1) nominalizing suffix/(7) (See 事・ごと・2) pretending to .../playing make-believe .../(P)/EntL1313580X/ ------- 等 [ら] /(suf) (1) pluralizing suffix (often humble, derogatory or familiar)/and others/et alios/and the like/and followers/(2) (See あちら,いくら) or so (rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.)/(3) (See 清ら) (after the stem of an adjective) nominalizing suffix/EntL2067770X/ |