事
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
N48 strokes
On'yomi
ジ jiズ zu
Kun'yomi
こと kotoつか.う tsuka.uつか.える tsuka.eru
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Examples
「Ｕ．Ｆ．Ｏとは何を表しているの」「未確認飛行物体のことだと思う」
"What does U.F.O. stand for?" "It means Unidentified Flying Object, I guess."
変なこと言うなよ。
Don't talk rubbish.
正しいことをせよ。
Do that which is right.
もう済んだことだ。
The matter was settled.
馬鹿なことを言うな。
Don't be silly.
なんと楽しいことか！
What fun!
そんなこと言うなよ。
Don't say that.
そんなことは嫌いだ。
I don't go in for that sort of thing.
こんなこと初めてだ。
This is the first time.
料理することは面白い。
Cooking is interesting.
Words with this Kanji
仕事しごとwork, job, occupation家事かじhousework火事かじfire, conflagration工事こうじconstruction, public works事ことmatter, thing事故じこaccident, incident事項じこうitem, matter事務所じむしょoffice食事しょくじmeal, dining大事だいじimportant, serious, treasure, take care of oneself返事へんじreply, answer, response用事ようじerrand, business, matter何事なにごとwhat, what's the matter幹事かんじdirector, officer記事きじnewspaper article, news report行事ぎょうじevent, ceremony事件じけんincident, case事実じじつfact, truth事情じじょうsituation, circumstances; reason, cause事務じむoffice work, administration