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事
Grade Level: 3
JLPT Level: 3
Frequency: 18
Bushu (Radical) Info:
亅 (はねぼう)
feathered stick barb
Henshall Mnemonic:
handling ten boxes is no small thing
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Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 8 Strokes
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On-Yomi Reading(s):
ジ
ズ
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Kun-Yomi Reading(s):
こと
つか.う
つか.える
ろ
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English Meaning(s):
matter
thing
fact
business
reason
possibly
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Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji:
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- 悪事 [あくじ]
(n) evil deed; crime; wickedness [K] [D]
- 宇宙開発事業団 [うちゅうかいはつじぎょうだん]
NASDA; National Space Development Agency [K] [D]
- 何事 [なにごと]
(n) (1) what; something; everything; (2) nothing (with neg. verb) [K] [D]
- 家事 [かじ]
(n) housework; domestic chores [K] [D]
- 火事 [かじ]
(n) fire; conflagration [K] [D]
- 幹事 [かんじ]
(n,vs) executive secretary; coordinator; arranging [K] [D]
- 関心事 [かんしんじ]
(n) matter of concern and interest [K] [D]
- 既成事実 [きせいじじつ]
established fact [K] [D]
- 記事 [きじ]
(n) article; news story; report; account [K] [D]
- 議事 [ぎじ]
(n) proceedings [K] [D]
- 議事堂 [ぎじどう]
(n) Diet building [K] [D]
- 議事録 [ぎじろく]
(n) record of proceedings; minutes [K] [D]
- 軍事 [ぐんじ]
(n) military affairs [K] [D]
- 刑事 [けいじ]
(n) criminal case; (police) detective [K] [D]
- 刑事事件 [けいじじけん]
criminal case [K] [D]
- 刑事責任 [けいじせきにん]
criminal liability [K] [D]
- 慶事 [けいじ]
(n) auspicious event [K] [D]
- 検事 [けんじ]
(n) public prosecutor [K] [D]
- 検事正 [けんじせい]
(n) chief public prosecutor [K] [D]
- 県知事 [けんちじ]
(n) prefectural governor [K] [D]
- 見事 [みごと]
(adj-na,n) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable [K] [D]
- 故事 [こじ]
(n) origin; historical fact; tradition [K] [D]
- 交通事故 [こうつうじこ]
traffic accident [K] [D]
- 工事 [こうじ]
(n) construction work [K] [D]
- 行事 [ぎょうじ]
(n) event; function [K] [D]
- 国会議事堂 [こっかいぎじどう]
(n) (1) National Diet (Japanese parliament); (2) Capitol Hill (US) [K] [D]
- 国際協力事業団 [こくさいきょうりょくじぎょうだん]
Japan International Cooperation Agency (1974); JICA [K] [D]
- 参事 [さんじ]
(n) secretary; councillor [K] [D]
- 参事官 [さんじかん]
(n) councillor [K] [D]
- 山火事 [やまかじ]
(n) bushfire [K] [D]
- 惨事 [さんじ]
(n) disaster; horrible accident [K] [D]
- 仕事 [しごと]
(adj-no,n) work; occupation; employment [K] [D]
- 仕事場 [しごとば]
(n) place where one works; construction site; working area [K] [D]
- 師事 [しじ]
(n,vs) study under; looking up; apprentice oneself [K] [D]
- 私事 [しじ]
(n) personal affairs [K] [D]
- 事 [こと]
(n) thing; matter; fact; circumstances; business; reason; experience [K] [D]
- 事によると [ことによると]
depending on the circumstances [K] [D]
- 事業 [じぎょう]
(n) project; enterprise; business; industry; operations [K] [D]
- 事業所 [じぎょうしょ]
(n) plant; enterprise place; office [K] [D]
- 事件 [じけん]
(n) event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal [K] [D]
- 事故 [じこ]
(n) accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons [K] [D]
- 事後 [じご]
(n) after-; post-; ex- [K] [D]
- 事項 [じこう]
(n) matter; item; facts [K] [D]
- 事実 [じじつ]
(n-adv,n) fact; truth; reality [K] [D]
- 事実上 [じじつじょう]
(n,adj-no) (as a) matter of fact; actually; in reality [K] [D]
- 事実無根 [じじつむこん]
(n) groundless; entirely contrary to fact [K] [D]
- 事象 [じしょう]
(n) phenomenon; matter [K] [D]
- 事情 [じじょう]
(n) circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons [K] [D]
- 事前 [じぜん]
(adj-no,n) prior; beforehand; in advance [K] [D]
- 事態 [じたい]
(n) situation; present state of affairs; circumstances [K] [D]
- 事典 [じてん]
(n) cyclopedia; encyclopedia [K] [D]
- 事柄 [ことがら]
(n) matter; thing; affair; circumstance [K] [D]
- 事変 [じへん]
(n) accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency [K] [D]
- 事務 [じむ]
(n) business; office work [K] [D]
- 事務員 [じむいん]
(n) clerk [K] [D]
- 事務官 [じむかん]
(n) administrative official; secretary; commissioner [K] [D]
- 事務局 [じむきょく]
(n) secretariat; executive office [K] [D]
- 事務次官 [じむじかん]
(n) permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister [K] [D]
- 事務室 [じむしつ]
(n) office [K] [D]
- 事務所 [じむしょ]
(n) office [K] [D]
- 事務的 [じむてき]
(adj-na) businesslike; practical [K] [D]
- 事務当局 [じむとうきょく]
officials in charge [K] [D]
- 事由 [じゆう]
(n) reason; cause [K] [D]
- 事例 [じれい]
(n) example; precedent [K] [D]
- 時事 [じじ]
(n) events of the day; current affairs [K] [D]
- 社会事業 [しゃかいじぎょう]
social work [K] [D]
- 従事 [じゅうじ]
(n,vs) engaging; pursuing; following [K] [D]
- 出来事 [できごと]
(n) incident; affair; happening; event [K] [D]
- 叙事詩 [じょじし]
(n) descriptive poetry; epic poem [K] [D]
- 商事 [しょうじ]
(n) commercial affairs [K] [D]
- 食事 [しょくじ]
(n,vs) meal [K] [D]
- 新聞記事 [しんぶんきじ]
(n) newspaper story (article, account) [K] [D]
- 人事 [じんじ]
(n) personnel affairs; human affairs [K] [D]
- 人事異動 [じんじいどう]
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment [K] [D]
- 人事院 [じんじいん]
(n) National Personnel Authority [K] [D]
- 炊事 [すいじ]
(n) cooking; culinary arts [K] [D]
- 総領事 [そうりょうじ]
(n) consul general [K] [D]
- 大事 [だいじ]
(adj-na,n) important; valuable; serious matter [K] [D]
- 知事 [ちじ]
(n) prefectural governor [K] [D]
- 当事 [とうじ]
(n) matter under concern [K] [D]
- 当事者 [とうじしゃ]
(n) person concerned; interested party [K] [D]
- 判事 [はんじ]
(n) judge; judiciary [K] [D]
- 百科事典 [ひゃっかじてん]
(n) encyclopedia [K] [D]
- 不祥事 [ふしょうじ]
(n) scandal; deplorable event [K] [D]
- 府知事 [ふちじ]
(n) prefectural governor [K] [D]
- 副知事 [ふくちじ]
(n) lieutenant governor [K] [D]
- 物事 [ものごと]
(n) things; everything [K] [D]
- 返事 [へんじ]
(n,vs) reply; answer [K] [D]
- 法律事務所 [ほうりつじむしょ]
(n) law office [K] [D]
- 万事 [ばんじ]
(n) all; everything [K] [D]
- 民事 [みんじ]
(n) civil affairs; civil case [K] [D]
- 無事 [ぶじ]
(adj-na,n) safety; peace; quietness [K] [D]
- 有事 [ゆうじ]
(n) emergency [K] [D]
- 用事 [ようじ]
(n) tasks; things to do [K] [D]
- 理事 [りじ]
(n) director; board of directors [K] [D]
- 領事 [りょうじ]
(n) consul [K] [D]
- 領事館 [りょうじかん]
(n) consulate [K] [D]
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