事じ故こ

noun

accident; incident; trouble

Only with reading じこ

The normal modern meaning. Common in compounds and phrases such as 交通事故, 事故が起きる, and 事故を起こす; it can refer to a concrete accident or an unwanted incident/trouble.

• 交こう差さ点てんで大おおきな事じ故こが起おきた。

  A major accident occurred at the intersection.

• 彼かれは交こう通つう事じ故こでけがをした。

  He was injured in a traffic accident.

noun

circumstances; reasons

Only when written 事故 · Only with reading ことゆえ

Archaic use, especially with the obsolete reading ことゆえ. In modern Japanese, 事情 or 理由 is normally used for this meaning.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「事じ故こ」を「ことゆえ」と読よみ、事じ情じょうや理り由ゆうを表あらわすことがある。

  In old writing, 事故 may be read as ことゆえ and mean circumstances or reasons.