Moto 事 (こと)thing; matter; incident
- thing; matternoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- incident; occurrence; eventnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- circumstances; situation; state of affairsnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- work; business; affairnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close tonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- nominalizing suffixnoun, used as a suffix
Kanji in 事
Words that share its kanji
- 事件じけんevent; affair
- 事務じむoffice work; clerical work
- 事務局じむきょくsecretariat; executive office
- 事務所じむしょoffice
- 事実じじつfact; truth
- 事情じじょうcircumstances; conditions
- 事態じたいsituation; (present) state of affairs
- 事故じこaccident; incident
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