Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Kanji 徒 on foot, junior, emptiness Related words 普ふ 通つう 普通 is a general adjective/noun for 'normal' or 'usual' and can be used in both positive and negative contexts. ただ事 is specifically a noun meaning 'trivial matter' and is almost exclusively used in negative constructions.
大たい したこと 大したこと is a more colloquial expression meaning 'big deal' or 'something significant', often used in negative sentences like 大したことではない . ただ事 is more literary and formal, and emphasizes the lack of ordinariness rather than importance.
Written forms ただ 事ごと Usage 15%
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling; the most common written form.
ただごと Usage 66%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
只ただ 事ごと Usage 13%
Alternate kanji spelling using 只 ; less common but still encountered.
タダゴト Usage 4%
唯ただ 事ごと Usage 1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
徒事ただごと
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of ただ (ordinary, mere) + 事 (thing, matter). The reading ごと is a rendaku form of こと . The expression has been used since classical Japanese to denote something commonplace or trivial.
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