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Learn Hardcore Japanese: ziko - accident

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 16
/jiko

jiko

Word

事故じこjiko

Meaning

accident

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

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Usages of jiko

最近さいきん　寮りょう　の　一階いっかい　で　小ちいさな　事故じこ　が　ありました。saikin ryou no ikkai de chiisana jiko ga arimashita.

Recently there was a small accident on the first floor of the dormitory.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

事故じこ　の　あと　警察けいさつ　が　来きました。jiko no ato keisatsu ga kimashita.

After the accident the police came.

母はは　は　私わたし　が　事故じこ　に　あわない　か　心配しんぱいして　います。haha wa watashi ga jiko ni awanai ka shinpaishite imasu.

My mother is worried that I might get into an accident.

昨日きのう　の　事故じこ　の　記憶きおく　が　まだ　はっきりして　います。kinou no jiko no kioku ga mada hakkirishite imasu.

The memory of yesterday’s accident is still clear.

兄あに　は　昨日きのう　自転車じてんしゃ　の　事故じこ　に　あいました。ani wa kinou jitensha no jiko ni aimashita.

My older brother was in a bicycle accident yesterday.

事故じこ　で　渋滞じゅうたいして　いて、　目的地もくてきち　まで　一時間いちじかん　も　かかった　んです。jiko de juutaishite ite, mokutekichi made ichijikan mo kakatta ndesu.

There was a traffic jam because of an accident, and it took as long as an hour to reach the destination.

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