READING  ジ、(ズ)、こと
MEANING  abstract thing
JLPT level N4 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
しごと
work, job, business, occupation, employment, vocation, task, work
じけん
event, affair, incident, case, plot, trouble, scandal
じこ
accident, incident, trouble, circumstances, reasons
じぎょう
project, enterprise, business, industry, operations
じむ
business, office work
 
Example sentences
仕事
うちの上司ときたら、朝令暮改なんだから、仕事がちっとも進まないよ。
When it comes to my supervisor, he's very inconsistent, so we never get any work done.
 
この仕事が私の収入源です。
This job is my bread and butter.
事件
これは空前の大事件として歴史に残るでしょう。
This will go down in history as the greatest event that has ever taken place.
 
その事件の説明は、紙面が足りないため割愛された。
The explanation of the event was omitted for lack of space.
事故
その事故の報せは私には大ショックだった。
The news of the accident was a great shock to me.
 
その鉄道事故で死者三名、重軽傷者10名が出た。
Three persons were killed and ten were severely or slightly injured in the railway accident.
 
どんなに節度のある家庭でも事故は起こるもの。
Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families.
事業
いずれの会社にも確固たる事業計画がある。
Every company has a firm business plan.
事務
私たちは書類事務の泥沼に陥っていた。
We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.
 
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