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〜ことになる

JLPT N4 Nominalizers and decisions

it has been decided that

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ことになる reports an arrangement or decision made by others or by circumstances, not by the speaker's own will. It is also used to soften decisions you did in fact make. The state ことになっている describes standing rules and customs.

Examples

  • からまし

    Shigatsu kara Toukyou ni sumu koto ni narimashita.

    It has been decided that I will live in Tokyo from April.

  • まし

    Raishuu Oosaka e shucchou suru koto ni narimashita.

    It has been arranged that I will go on a business trip to Osaka next week.

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