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
- N4事故Popularaccident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
- N3故障Popularfault; trouble; breakdown; failure; being out of order; damage (to a part of the body); injury; hurt; problem; hitch; obstacle; hindrance; objection; protest
- N3故郷Popularhometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home
- N1故人Popularthe deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
- N1故the late; the deceased
- —故意Popularintent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
- —故国Popularone's native land
- —故事Popularhistorical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend; origin
- —交通事故Populartraffic accident
- —縁故relation; connection; affinity
- —旧故antiquity; old acquaintance
- —故旧old acquaintance
- —故買buying stolen goods; receiving
- —典故authentic precedent
- —世故worldly affairs
- —物故death (of a person)
- —故実ancient practices; old customs
- —故山one's native place
- —故主one's former master
- —故知the wisdom of the ancients