~ことだ

〜koto da

JLPT N3 Neutral Chapter 60: N3: Should (Advice / Expectation), 1 of 2

Formation

Verb-ますstem + ことだ, い-Adjective + ことだ, な-Adjective + なことだ, Noun + のことだ

Expresses advice or recommendation; 'should', 'it is important', 'it is necessary'.

When to use

Neutral, direct advice - "you should.../it's important to...".

Explanation

The ~ことだ grammar point is used to express a piece of advice or recommendation to someone. It can be translated as 'should', 'it is important', or 'it is necessary' in English. The formation differs depending on whether it is used with a verb, い-adjective, な-adjective, or noun.

Example sentences

Should (Advice / Expectation)

Corpus examples (60)

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