好こう事じ

noun

good fortune; good deed; curious matter

A somewhat literary noun that can mean a fortunate event, a virtuous act, or something intriguing. The 'curious' sense is less common and often appears in set phrases like 好事家 (こうずか, a dilettante or person with unusual tastes).

• 彼かれの成せい功こうは単たんなる好こう事じではなく、努ど力りょくの結けっ果かだ。

  His success is not mere good fortune but the result of hard work.

• 好こう事じ、門もんを出いでず。

  Good deeds are known even without going out of the gate. (proverb)

• 好こう事ず家かの間あいだでは、その骨こっ董とう品ひんは高たか値ねで取とり引ひきされている。

  Among connoisseurs, that antique is traded at a high price.