用事 in Japanese

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "用事",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
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      },
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          "english": "I have a previous appointment and can not attend the meeting.",
          "roman": "Yōji ga atte shusseki dekimasen.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "用事",
              "ようじ"
            ],
            [
              "出席",
              "しゅっせき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "用事があって出席できません。",
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          "english": "I have other things to do tomorrow.",
          "roman": "Ashita chotto yōji ga aru n desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "用事",
              "ようじ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あしたちょっと用事があるんです。",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "errand; business"
      ],
      "id": "en-用事-ja-noun-WZk8Lsg9",
      "links": [
        [
          "errand",
          "errand"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "用",
              "よう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "用"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yōken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "要件",
              "ようけん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "要件"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "用事"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "用事",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yōji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ようじ"
      },
      "expansion": "用(よう)事(じ) • (yōji)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
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        "Pages with entries"
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          ],
          "english": "I have a previous appointment and can not attend the meeting.",
          "roman": "Yōji ga atte shusseki dekimasen.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "用事",
              "ようじ"
            ],
            [
              "出席",
              "しゅっせき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "用事があって出席できません。",
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          "english": "I have other things to do tomorrow.",
          "roman": "Ashita chotto yōji ga aru n desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "用事",
              "ようじ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あしたちょっと用事があるんです。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "errand; business"
      ],
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          "errand",
          "errand"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "用"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要件",
          "ようけん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "要件"
    }
  ],
  "word": "用事"
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "用事",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-07-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-01 using wiktextract (45c4a21 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"用事" meaning in Japanese

Noun