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
- —蛙狩の神事frog hunting ritual
- —二二六事件February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
- —２２６事件February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
- —四一六事件April 16 incident (arrests of communists and members of other anti-government groups; 1929)
- —こたつ記事(online) article that is a rehash of information already available online (or has been shown on TV); article (written from the comfort of one's) kotatsu
- —トバシ記事article based on unconfirmed reports; unsubstantiated news story
- —とばし記事article based on unconfirmed reports; unsubstantiated news story
- —柳条溝事件Liutiaohu Incident (1931 railway bombing triggering the Manchurian Incident)
- —事務取り扱いacting director
- —万事きゅうすthere is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
- —お食事どころ(Japanese) restaurant
- —ばらばら事件murder case in which the victim is chopped into pieces; mutilation murder case
- —オトナの事情certain reasons; certain circumstances; professional constraints; adult matters
- —碍子引き工事knob-and-tube wiring; insulator wiring; electrical wiring strung on surface-mounted insulators
- —フトコロ事情one's financial situation; one's finances; state of one's purse
- —ふところ事情one's financial situation; one's finances; state of one's purse
- —火事場ドロボウlooter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
- —あさま山荘事件Asama-Sanso incident (hostage crisis and police siege; February 1972)
- —ちょうちん記事puff piece (in a newspaper, etc.); flatteringly exaggerated article; sycophantic article
- —火事場のバカ力extraordinary strength displayed in an emergency; surge of power beyond one's normal capacity; great strength exerted at risk