Kanji1 / 8
事 kanji
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ジズ
Kun readings
ことつかうつかえる
Variant forms
亊叓Words with 事
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —事理明白facts being beyond dispute; logic being indisputable
- —万事万端everything; all things; all affairs; all matters
- —家事見習apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping
- —太平無事peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
- —安穏無事peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
- —一朝有事(when) the time of need arises; should an emergency occur
- —該当事項relevant items; applicable items
- —疑獄事件bribery scandal
- —好事多魔happy events are often accompanied by difficulties; unsullied joy is rare
- —故事成語idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China
- —国家多事eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land
- —事情聴取inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
- —事前工作preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
- —事大根性slavish submission to power; sycophancy; flunkeyism; toadyism
- —人事考課merit (ability, efficiency) rating; employee performance evaluation
- —舌禍事件trouble caused by a slip of the tongue
- —全員無事Everyone is safe (all right)
- —天下多事eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land
- —内外多事things being very eventful at home and abroad
- —捏造記事fabricated article; fabricated (news) story; cooked-up (news) report