Japanese

Noun

なにごと ‎(romaji nanigoto)

1. 何事: no matter what kind of thing; whatever
   • c. late 9th – mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     かぐや姫「なにごとをか、のたまはん事は、うけたまはらざらむ。[...]」

2. 何事: an unspecified thing
   • c. late 9th – mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     竹取の翁、「この匠が申ことはなに事ぞ」と傾きをり。

   • c. late 9th – mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     これを見て、「あが佛、なに事（ごと）思ひたまふぞ。思すらんこと何（なに）ごとぞ」と言へば[...]

References

• Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu; Hiroshi Tsukishima; Toshiko Abe; Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-060009-5.