Can someone explain ’こと’ to me? I see many sentences end with ことです Or something similar with it but I am not sure what it means. I think it means when saying something to do??

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Can someone explain ’こと’ to me? I see many sentences end with ことです Or something similar with it but I am not sure what it means. I think it means when saying something to do??

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I guess it indicates "emphasis". Please check examples below. Ex1: It is really hot today. 今日は本当に暑い"こと"だ。 Kyou ha hontou ni atsui koto desu. ※Emphasizing the heat. Ex2: This is so wonderful to me. これは私にとってとても素晴らしい"こと"です。 Sore ha watashi ni totte totemo subarashii koto desu. ※Emphasizing the feeling. One can use こと before です or だ in the end of the sentence when he wants to emphasize something. And it makes no problem as a sentence if being omitted. And please note that こと has another familiar meaning as "thing", "matter" or "accident"in stead of emphasis. In these cases, こと is recommended to be written as 事 in Kanji script for easiness of distinction.

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