| Kanji | 事 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ジ、ズ |
| Kunyomi | こと、つか.う、つか.える |
| Nanori | ろ |
| English | matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly |
| Examples | 記事(きじ): article; news story; report; account 軍事(ぐんじ): military affairs 仕事(しごと): (1) work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task (2) work 事業(じぎょう): (1) project; enterprise; business; industry; operations (2) act; deed; conduct 事件(じけん): event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal 事故(じこ): (1) accident; incident; trouble (2) circumstances; reasons 事実(じじつ): fact; truth; reality 事情(じじょう): circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons 事務(じむ): business; office work 事務所(じむしょ): office 知事(ちじ): prefectural governor 事態(じたい): situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances 工事(こうじ): construction work; construction; work (related to construction, e.g. painting, concrete-pouring, etc.) 人事(じんじ): personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR 食事(しょくじ): (1) meal (2) to eat 刑事(けいじ): (1) (police) detective (2) criminal matter 検事(けんじ): public prosecutor 見事(みごと): (1) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable (2) praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed (3) utter (esp. defeat); total; complete 行事(ぎょうじ): event; function 家事(かじ): (1) housework; domestic chores (2) family affairs; household matters 出来事(できごと): incident; affair; happening; event 判事(はんじ): judge; judiciary 事(こと): (1) thing; matter (2) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis (3) circumstances; situation; state of affairs (4) work; business; affair (5) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to (6) nominalizing suffix (7) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... 大事(だいじ): important; valuable; serious matter 返事(へんじ): reply; answer; response 無事(ぶじ): safety; peace; quietness 火事(かじ): fire; conflagration 物事(ものごと): things; everything 従事(じゅうじ): engaging; pursuing; following (e.g. profession or occupation) 事柄(ことがら): matter; thing; affair; circumstance 事前(じぜん): prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante 事項(じこう): matter; item; facts 用事(ようじ): tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement 炊事(すいじ): cooking; culinary arts 領事(りょうじ): consul 議事堂(ぎじどう): Diet building お大事に(おだいじに): take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you 事による(ことによる): (1) depending on the circumstances (2) due to (with modifying verb) 些事(さじ): something small or petty; trifle |
| JLPT Level | 4 |
| Jouyou Grade | 3 |
| Frequency | 18 |
| Components | 口: mouth 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) |
| Number of Strokes | 8 |
| Kanji Radical | 亅 |
| Radical Number | 6 |
| Radical Strokes | 1 |
| Radical Reading | はねぼう |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | matter |
| Koohii Story 1 | I had to take one day off from work due to ´personal matters´ after stepping on a rake and having the handle snap up and smack me across the mouth. I certainly wasn´t going to tell anyone about it. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Just one word about this matter from your mouth and you will find this rake across it. |
Tags: jlpt.n4, grade3, kanjifreq1-250
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