こ Japanese Grammar Basic

Browse 8 Japanese Grammar Basic entries for Japanese under こ.

Kana こ

  1. ～ことができる (able to) ことができる A construction expressing ability or possibility. It states that doing a particular action is possible, either because of personal skill,...
  2. ～ことにする (decide to) ことにする Expresses a volitional decision made by the speaker to do or not do something. The verb in dictionary form precedes ことにする for affirmative...
  3. ～ことになる (it turns out that) ことになる Expresses that something has been decided or will happen as a result of circumstances beyond the speaker's direct control. It conveys out...
  4. ～こと (intangible thing) こと A formal noun that refers to an abstract, intangible thing such as an event, fact, experience, or matter. It contrasts with もの, which typ...
  5. ～こと (nominalizer) こと A nominalizer that converts a verb phrase or clause into a noun phrase. It indicates a relatively objective or emotionally detached persp...
  6. ～ことがある (experience) ことがある Used with the past tense of a verb to express that someone has had the experience of doing something at least once. It is equivalent to '...
  7. ～ことがある (sometimes) ことがある Used with the dictionary form of a verb to express that something happens occasionally or from time to time. It conveys the idea that an ...
  8. ～ことは～ (certainly true, but) ことは A construction that repeats the same verb or adjective before and after ことは to concede that something is certainly true, while implying a...