Word Meaning こと自体

ことじたい kotojitai

こと自体 is read as ことじたい (kotojitai) and means (the thing) itself.

Meaning

English

  1. (the thing) itself

Reading

Kana

ことじたい

Romaji

kotojitai

Writing Variants

  • 事自体 ことじたい kotojitai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 72001 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

自体

じたい

itself

自治体

じちたい

municipality

地方自治体

ちほうじちたい

local authority

肢体不自由児

したいふじゆうじ

physically disabled child

自治体衛星通信機構

じちたいえいせいつうしんきこう

Local Authorities Satellite Communications

環境自治体会議

かんきょうじちたいかいぎ

Coalition of Local Government for Environmental Initiative, Japan

自治体国際化協会

じちたいこくさいかきょうかい

Council of Local Authorities for International Relations

重体

じゅうたい

serious condition

からだ

body

一体

いったい

one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.)

本体

ほんたい

noumenon

主体

しゅたい

subject

Example Sentences

4

It's wrong of you to talk back to her.

Effort for effort’s sake is meaningless. That effort must produce results.

The lack of evidence to the contrary is itself evidence that your theory is probably right.

It is incomprehensible to us that a country with that level of technology would even think of making an automobile.