accident

Kanji in this word

• 事 thing, affair
• 故 old, reason

Example sentences

• 事故じこにあいました。

  Jiko ni ai mashi ta.

  I had an accident.

• 事故じこしたんだって？

  Jiko shi ta n da tte?

  I heard you had an accident.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 仕事 work; job
• 大事 important, precious
• 食事 meal
• 事務所 office
• 用事 errand, things to do
• 火事 fire (disaster)