こと自体
ことじたい
(the thing) itself
Meaning
- (the thing) itself
Example sentences
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It's wrong of you to talk back to her.
努力すること自体には何の意味もないんだよ。結果を出さないと。
Effort for effort’s sake is meaningless. That effort must produce results.
あの程度の技術しかない国が、自動車を作ろうと発想すること自体、我々には理解できない。
It is incomprehensible to us that a country with that level of technology would even think of making an automobile.