何事

何事

1. (literary) what is it; what is the matter

何事

1. (literary) why

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) なにごと [nànígótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [na̠ɲ̟iɡo̞to̞]

何事 (hiragana なにごと, rōmaji nanigoto)

1. what sort of matter
   • c. late 9th – mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     かぐや姫「なにごとをか、のたまはん事は、うけたまはらざらむ。 […] 」

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 2018, 新幹線、無数の血痕…逮捕の男「むしゃくしゃした」 in 『産経ニュース』 (Sankei News)

     何事 (なにごと)かと思 (おも)った。まさか事 (じ)件 (けん)とは

     Nanigoto ka to omotta. Masaka jiken to wa

     I was wondering if something had happened. I would have never imagined that it would be a crime…

   • 2018, 豪雨、猛暑に台風　被災住民「くたびれた」 in 『毎日新聞』 (Mainichi Shimbun)

     何事 (なにごと)もなく台風 (たいふう)が過 (す)ぎることを願 (ねが)っている

     nanigoto mo naku taifū ga sugiru koto o negatteiru

     I am hoping that the typhoon will go away without any incidents

2. unspecified matter
   • c. late 9th – mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     竹取の翁、「この匠が申ことはなに事ぞ」と傾きをり。

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • c. late 9th – mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     これを見て、「あが佛、なに事（ごと）思ひたまふぞ。思すらんこと何（なに）ごとぞ」と言へば […]

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

• 何 (なに) (nani)
• 何物 (なにもの) (nanimono)
• 何者 (なにもの) (nanimono)

• Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu; Hiroshi Tsukishima; Toshiko Abe; Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN.