Word Meaning 似非事

えせごと esegoto

似非事 is read as えせごと (esegoto) and means laughable affair.

Meaning

English

  1. laughable affair
  2. unlaudable affair
  3. something unreliable

Reading

Kana

えせごと

Romaji

esegoto

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 108499 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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似非科学

えせかがく

pseudoscience

似非親

えせおや

distant disinterested parent

似非学者

えせがくしゃ

pseudo-scholar

似非

えせ

false

似て非なる

にてひなる

similar but different

似非者

えせもの

sham

真似事

まねごと

doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

似非理屈

えせりくつ

sophistry

非軍事

ひぐんじ

nonmilitary

非常任理事国

ひじょうにんりじこく

non-permanent member (UN Security Council)