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3 exact word matches found in search '事'
suffix
1. nominalizing suffix  (see also: )
2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...  (see also: )
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Most common form: こと
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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noun
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)  (see also: ; Buddhist term)
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254 words found beginning with '事'
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noun
1. accident; incident; trouble
2. circumstances; reasons
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noun
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
fact; truth; reality
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noun
circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
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business; office work; administration
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noun
1. project; enterprise; business; industry; operations; venture; service
2. act; deed; conduct  (see also: 仕業; this meaning is restricted to reading ことわざ)
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noun
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances  (often with a negative connotation)
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noun
office
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Most common form: ことができる
expression, ichidan verb
can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done  (often written with kana only)
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prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante  (see also: 事後)
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1387 words found containing '事' in any position
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noun
fire; conflagration
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Most common form: 仕える
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to serve; to work for; to attend
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Most common form: ことができる
expression, ichidan verb
can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done  (often written with kana only)
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noun
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
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1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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noun
1. housework; domestic chores
2. family affairs; household matters
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Most common form: 美事
1. splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable
noun
2. praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed
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Most common form: ことがある
expression, Godan verb with `ru' ending (irregular verb)
1. (something) has occurred; to have done (something); such a thing happened  (after the past tense form of a verb; often written with kana only)
2. (something) happens on occasions; there are times when  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. meal
2. to eat
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2
Most common form: こと
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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