Noun (futsuumeishi) Usually written using kana alone thing, matter incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis circumstances, situation, state of affairs work, business, affair after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to Noun, used as a suffix See also: 事・ごと・1 nominalizing suffix See also: 事・ごと・2 pretending to ..., playing make-believe ... as AことB (A = alias, B = real name) alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or as 〜ことはない necessity, need as 〜ことだ you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...