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事 - N4 Kanji

Meaning of 事 意味

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

事 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

こと koto
つか.う tsuka.u
つか.える tsuka.eru

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ジ ji
ズ zu

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.

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