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Kanji Detail for 事 - "matter, work, affair"
事
- Meaning
事 means "matter, work, affair."
Matter - An affair; a thing.
Work - A task; a job.
Serve - To attend to duties.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
matter; thing; fact; business; reason; possibly
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The general term for human actions. (Book of Documents, Great Plan) "Reverently use the five activities: first appearance, second speech, third sight, fourth hearing, fifth thought." Any other action that has consciousness and can be named is called 事. Combining various actions organized by one consciousness is also called 事. | To do. Such as 無所事事, meaning having nothing to do. | To serve. Such as a child serving parents. | An incident; an accident. Such as 四方無事, meaning no calamities in all directions. | One item of something. Colloquially also called 一事.
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Sentences including 事
You need not answer the letter.
You don't have to work on sundays.
All of a sudden , a fire broke out in the movie theater.
She will cope with all the work.
I've left that line of business.
Few know the truth of the matter.
I had an accident at work.
Take care of yourself.
It is the fact that i want to know.
I'm very ashamed of myself about what i've done.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
暑中休暇を利用して海水浴に行った友達からぜひ来いという端書を受け取ったので、私は多少の金を工面して、出掛ける事にした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
ある時は海の中が銭湯のように黒い頭でごちゃごちゃしている事もあった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
海水着を持たない私にも持物を盗まれる恐れはあったので、私は海へはいるたびにその茶屋へ一切を脱ぎ棄てる事にしていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
特別の事情のない限り、私はついに先生を見逃したかも知れなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生は彼の風変りのところや、もう鎌倉にいない事や、色々の話をした末、日本人にさえあまり交際をもたないのに、そういう外国人と近付きになったのは不思議だといったりした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
鎌倉にいた時、私は先生自身の口から、いつでも大抵宅にいるという事を聞いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「誰の墓へ参りに行ったか、妻がその人の名をいいましたか」「いいえ、そんな事は何もおっしゃいません」「そうですか」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私が丸い墓石だの細長い御影の碑だのを指して、しきりにかれこれいいたがるのを、始めのうちは黙って聞いていたが、しまいに「あなたは死という事実をまだ真面目に考えた事がありませんね」といった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha