Kanji1 / 9
故 kanji
happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
コ
Kun readings
ゆえふるいもと
Words with 故
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —故殺(voluntary) manslaughter; killing with intent
- —故吾one's former self
- —温故studying the past; researching history
- —変故unusual event; change (for the worse); accident
- —故地former residence; former land; place remembered for a connection to someone
- —事故歴history of (automobile) accidents
- —無事故without accident
- —故買者person who buys stolen goods; dealer in stolen goods; receiver; fence
- —物故者dead person; the deceased
- —故障車broken-down car
- —事故死accidental death
- —事故るto have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
- —故意犯intentional crime
- —大事故serious accident; major incident
- —事故米rice contaminated by an accident
- —故障中out of order; out of service
- —事故機aircraft involved in an accident; crashed aircraft; distressed aircraft
- —故障率failure rate
- —故障品broken product; faulty product
- —故買屋receiver's shop; pawnshop which knowingly buys stolen goods