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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.

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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
            5 hours ago






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            @SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…

            – Ringil
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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
            5 hours ago






          • 1





            @SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…

            – Ringil
            3 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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          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
            5 hours ago






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            @SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…

            – Ringil
            3 hours 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
            5 hours ago






          • 1





            @SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…

            – Ringil
            3 hours 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
          5 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
          5 hours ago




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          @SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…

          – Ringil
          3 hours ago





          @SkillGG Jisho does have something about it: jisho.org/search/…

          – Ringil
          3 hours ago



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