Kanji

事

Meaning

  • matter
  • thing
  • fact
  • business
  • reason
  • possibly

Onyomi

  • ji (ジ)
  • zu (ズ)

Kunyomi

  • koto (こと)
  • tsukau (つかう)
  • tsukaeru (つかえる)

Examples

仕事
job, work
shigoto
事件
event, incident
jiken
大事
important
daiji
刑事
detective
keiji
事実
fact
jijitsu
事故
accident
jiko
無事
safely
buji
食事
meal
shokuji
事務
office work
jimu
事態
situation
jitai