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Dictionary: “事情”

事情

じじょう

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

Example sentence

I may go there, but that depends.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

事
On
じ;ず
Kun
こと;つか.う;つか.える
Stroke count
8

・matter

・thing

・fact

・business

・reason

・possibly

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情
On
じょう;せい
Kun
なさ.け
Stroke count
11

・feelings

・emotion

・passion

・sympathy

・circumstances

・facts

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Related words to 事情

6 related words

事情が事情なだけに

じじょうがじじょうなだけに

→

given the circumstances;such being the case

事情を話す

じじょうをはなす

→

to explain the situation

事情変更の原則

じじょうへんこうのげんそく

→

clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)

事情書

じじょうしょ

→

situation report (e.g. after a security incident);report on the state of current affairs

事情聴取

じじょうちょうしゅ

→

inquiry;enquiry;investigation;(police) interview;questioning (e.g. witness, suspect);hearing

事情通

じじょうつう

→

having good knowledge of a certain matter;person who has good knowledge of a certain matter;informed source