✨ Basic Meaning
🎯 Primary Function
📋 Grammar Structure
🎭 Usage Contexts
Used in business reports, academic papers, and news broadcasts.
Used to confirm what a friend said or summarize a situation.
Standard form used in formal letters and essays.
Often shortened to ‘tte koto’ in daily speech.
💡 Common Applications
📌 Important Points
⚠️ Common Mistakes
🏛️ Cultural Context
🔍 Subtle Differences
📝 Conjugation Notes
Always follows the plain form. Nouns and na-adjectives must use ‘da’. In negative forms, use ‘nai’ or ‘de wa nai’.
🔊 Pronunciation Tips
In spoken Japanese, the ‘i’ in ‘iu’ is often skipped or shortened, sounding like ‘toyukoto’.
🧠 Memory Tips
Think of ‘To iu’ as ‘the statement’ and ‘Koto’ as ‘the thing’. It translates literally to ‘the thing that is the statement of…’
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