事情
- Word
- 事情
- Reading
- じじょう
- Level
- N2
- Part of speech
- noun
- Meaning
- circumstances, conditions
- Example
家庭の事情で仕事を辞めることになった。 I had to quit my job due to family circumstances.
- Confused with
時間 (jikan - time): 事情 refers to background circumstances, whereas 時間 refers to clock time or duration.