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
- —特別縁故者person with a special relationship (e.g. in inheritance); special relative
- —エンジン故障engine failure
- —スリップ事故(vehicle) skidding accident
- —平均故障間隔mean time between failures; MTBF
- —平均故障時間mean time to repair; MTTR
- —故郷忘じ難しthere is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile
- —世故に長けるto know much of the world
- —縁故資本主義crony capitalism
- —事故多発地点accident-prone zone; accident blackspot
- —ポイント故障points failure (railroad)
- —巻き込み事故vehicle accident involving a turn (e.g. when a car turns and hits a bicycle that was going straight); left-turn accident; right-turn accident; left-hook accident; right-hook accident
- —故郷に錦を飾るto come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
- —故郷へ錦を飾るto come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
- —サンキュー事故traffic accident caused by a driver thanking another driver for letting him go first at a junction
- —自動車事故対策機構National Agency for Automotive Safety & Victims' Aid (NASVA)
- —チェルノブイリ原発事故Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
- —チャレンジャー爆発事故explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (January 28, 1986); Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
- —チェルノブイリ原子力発電所事故Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
- —故老old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder
- —故址historic ruins; foundations of an ancient building