What does こした mean?
In the sentence:
まあいいや、(列車は)空いているにこした事はないし
What does こした mean? Is this 越す or 鼓する or something other?
And does まあいいや mean "well" or "whatever"?
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In the sentence:
まあいいや、(列車は)空いているにこした事はないし
What does こした mean? Is this 越す or 鼓する or something other?
And does まあいいや mean "well" or "whatever"?
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In the sentence:
まあいいや、(列車は)空いているにこした事はないし
What does こした mean? Is this 越す or 鼓する or something other?
And does まあいいや mean "well" or "whatever"?
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In the sentence:
まあいいや、(列車は)空いているにこした事はないし
What does こした mean? Is this 越す or 鼓する or something other?
And does まあいいや mean "well" or "whatever"?
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For the first part, こした is the past tense / completed aspect of the verb 越【こ】す. In your sample text, this is part of a set construction: ～[する]に越【こ】したことはない.
Some dictionary entries:
- Weblio monolingual Japanese
- Weblio E↔J
- Eijiro
For the second part, yes, まあ basically means "well,..." and いいや parses out as basically "I guess it's good". As a whole, "well, yeah, okay then..."
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Thank you for your explanation. I saw ~にこした事はない for the first time. Gonna check it out. Jsho doesn't say anything about it.
– SkillGG
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@SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…
– Ringil
6 mins ago
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For the first part, こした is the past tense / completed aspect of the verb 越【こ】す. In your sample text, this is part of a set construction: ～[する]に越【こ】したことはない.
Some dictionary entries:
- Weblio monolingual Japanese
- Weblio E↔J
- Eijiro
For the second part, yes, まあ basically means "well,..." and いいや parses out as basically "I guess it's good". As a whole, "well, yeah, okay then..."
answered 2 hours ago
Eiríkr ÚtlendiEiríkr Útlendi
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Thank you for your explanation. I saw ~にこした事はない for the first time. Gonna check it out. Jsho doesn't say anything about it.
– SkillGG
2 hours ago
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@SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…
– Ringil
6 mins ago
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For the first part, こした is the past tense / completed aspect of the verb 越【こ】す. In your sample text, this is part of a set construction: ～[する]に越【こ】したことはない.
Some dictionary entries:
- Weblio monolingual Japanese
- Weblio E↔J
- Eijiro
For the second part, yes, まあ basically means "well,..." and いいや parses out as basically "I guess it's good". As a whole, "well, yeah, okay then..."
answered 2 hours ago
Eiríkr ÚtlendiEiríkr Útlendi
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Thank you for your explanation. I saw ~にこした事はない for the first time. Gonna check it out. Jsho doesn't say anything about it.
– SkillGG
2 hours ago
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@SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…
– Ringil
6 mins ago
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For the first part, こした is the past tense / completed aspect of the verb 越【こ】す. In your sample text, this is part of a set construction: ～[する]に越【こ】したことはない.
Some dictionary entries:
- Weblio monolingual Japanese
- Weblio E↔J
- Eijiro
For the second part, yes, まあ basically means "well,..." and いいや parses out as basically "I guess it's good". As a whole, "well, yeah, okay then..."
answered 2 hours ago
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For the first part, こした is the past tense / completed aspect of the verb 越【こ】す. In your sample text, this is part of a set construction: ～[する]に越【こ】したことはない.
Some dictionary entries:
- Weblio monolingual Japanese
- Weblio E↔J
- Eijiro
For the second part, yes, まあ basically means "well,..." and いいや parses out as basically "I guess it's good". As a whole, "well, yeah, okay then..."
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Thank you for your explanation. I saw ~にこした事はない for the first time. Gonna check it out. Jsho doesn't say anything about it.
– SkillGG
2 hours ago
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@SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…
– Ringil
6 mins ago
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Thank you for your explanation. I saw ~にこした事はない for the first time. Gonna check it out. Jsho doesn't say anything about it.
– SkillGG
2 hours ago
1
@SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…
– Ringil
6 mins ago
1
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Thank you for your explanation. I saw ~にこした事はない for the first time. Gonna check it out. Jsho doesn't say anything about it.
– SkillGG
2 hours ago
Thank you for your explanation. I saw ~にこした事はない for the first time. Gonna check it out. Jsho doesn't say anything about it.
– SkillGG
2 hours ago
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@SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…
– Ringil
6 mins ago
@SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…
– Ringil
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