ということだ – Vocabulary details

ということだ

Expression

Usually written in kana

1. I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...

indicates hearsay

ニュースによると、電でん車しゃは夜よるまで止とまるということだ。According to the news, the trains will be stopped until tonight.

2. it appears as if ...

expresses conjecture about another person's feelings or mindset

つまり、彼かれは来きたくないということだ。In other words, it seems he doesn't want to come.

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

黙だまっているのは、反はん対たいということだね。

Your silence means you're against it, I take it.

不ふ正せいとは見みなされなかったということだ。

It means that it was not regarded as fraud.

彼かの女じょは無む罪ざいだったということだ。

It means that she was innocent.

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