Activity or fact nominalizer in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA grammatical nominalizer that presents a clause as an abstract activity or fact and is required in established constructions expressing ability and a personal decision.

Definition in Japanese「読むことができる」「行くことにする」のように、動作や事実を表す文を名詞のように使うための言葉。

Example sentences

• 毎日歩(まいにちある)くことは体(からだ)にいい。🔊

  Walking every day is good.

• 日本語(にほんご)を読(よ)むことができます。🔊

  I can read Japanese.

• 明日(あした)は歩(ある)くことにした。🔊

  I've decided to walk tomorrow.

Learn it in a lesson

• Japanese の and こと: Turning Clauses into Nouns

activity or fact nominalizer in other languages

• What activity or fact nominalizer means
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