事

Meanings

1. thing; matter
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
4. work; business; affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to

Part of speech: noun, noun (suffix)

Kanji

• 事

  Meanings

  matter, thing, fact, business

  On reading

  ジ、ズ

  Kun reading

  こと、つか.う、つか.える

  Strokes

  8

Example sentences

• 「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."

  Tatoeba #237294 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 彼は居空きとして知られ、日中でも家に忍び込んで貴重品を盗むことで評判となっていた。

  He was known as a burglar of houses where occupants are present and had a reputation for sneaking in and stealing valuables even during the day.

  Tatoeba #12092963 · CC BY 2.0 FR