Word Meaning 事情

じじょう jijou

事情 is read as じじょう (jijou) and means circumstances.

Meaning

English

  1. circumstances
  2. conditions
  3. situation
  4. reasons
  5. state of affairs

Reading

Kana

じじょう

Romaji

jijou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Related Words 聴衆,状況 Rank 1993 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

事情通

じじょうつう

having good knowledge of a certain matter

大人の事情

おとなのじじょう

certain reasons

国内事情

こくないじじょう

internal (domestic) affairs

交通事情

こうつうじじょう

traffic conditions (e.g. heavy traffic)

事情聴取

じじょうちょうしゅ

inquiry

特殊事情

とくしゅじじょう

special circumstances

諸事情

しょじじょう

various reasons

食糧事情

しょくりょうじじょう

food situation

情事

じょうじ

love affair

情実人事

じょうじつじんじ

personnel changes through favoritism

情報処理振興事業協会

じょうほうしょりしんこうじぎょうきょうかい

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事実

じじつ

fact

Example Sentences

10

I will explain the situation to you later on.

Matters are different now.

He knows a lot about foreign affairs.

I don't know about things like that.

Tom is well-informed about the circumstances present within the Indian agricultural community.

He has a good knowledge of the internal affairs of Japan.

For various reasons, the departure will be postponed.

I'm going to assume that they have their own circumstances.

I would understand if you cannot talk about it.

I don't know how things were a hundred or fifty years ago.