TAKOBOTO

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こと, 事, 縡, こん

Usually in kana

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

「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」

事, じ

See 理・2, Buddhist term

individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)

「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」

事, ごと

Suffix, See 事・こと・6

1. nominalizing suffix

See 事・こと・7

2. pretending to ..., playing make-believe ...

「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」

は

Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese

1. topic marker particle

2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)

3. adds emphasis

できる, 出来る, 出きる, 出來る

Conjugated: できない

Ichidan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana

1. to be able (in a position) to do, to be up to the task

2. to be ready, to be completed

3. to be made, to be built

4. to be good at, to be permitted (to do)

5. to become intimate, to take up (with somebody)

申し訳ないけど長居できないんですよ。