〜ことに

Pattern

〜ことに

Level

N3

Meaning

to one's... (expressing emotion)

Attaches to

Adjective (い-adjective / な-adjective stem + な) / Verb (た-form)

Nuance & register

Used to frame the speaker's emotional reaction to a fact.

Example

嬉しいことに、試験に合格した。

Easily confused with

〜ことだ (Conflated with 〜ことだ; 〜ことに attaches to emotion words to frame a speaker's emotional reaction to a situation.)

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