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
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Kun readings
ゆえふるいもと
Words with 故
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —死亡事故fatal accident; deadly accident
- —事故多発accidents frequent; accident-prone zone; accident blackspot
- —多重事故multi-vehicle accident
- —事故渋滞congestion caused by a traffic accident
- —放送事故TV blooper; broadcasting blunder
- —機械故障mechanical breakdown
- —単独事故single-vehicle accident; single-vehicle collision
- —雑踏事故crowd incident (e.g. crowd crush, stampede)
- —故意四球intentional walk; intentional base on balls; IBB
- —爆発事故explosion accident; explosion
- —生まれ故郷one's birthplace
- —故郷を慕うto pine for home
- —故人を偲ぶto think of the dead
- —自動車事故car accident; automobile accident
- —未必の故意conscious neglect; willful negligence; wilful negligence
- —事故にあうto have an accident; to meet with an accident
- —リンク故障link failure
- —故障に強いfault-tolerant
- —もらい事故traffic accident for which the other side is at fault
- —第二の故郷one's second home; home away from home