- 仕事【しごと】 - work, job, labor, labour, business, task, assignment, occupation, employment, work 
- 事件【じけん】 - event, affair, incident, case, plot, trouble, scandal 
- 大事【だいじ】 - important, serious, crucial, valuable, precious, serious matter, major incident, matter of grave concern, crisis, great undertaking, great enterprise, great thing, safe, OK 
- 食事【しょくじ】 - meal, dinner, diet 
- 事故【じこ】 - accident, incident, trouble, circumstances, reasons 
- 無事【ぶじ】 - safety, security, peace, quiet, safely, without incident, successfully, good health, inaction, ennui 
- 事実【じじつ】 - fact, truth, reality 
- 刑事【けいじ】 - (police) detective, criminal matter 
- 見事【みごと】 - splendid, magnificent, excellent, fine, superb, beautiful, admirable, utter (esp. defeat), total, complete, something worth seeing, sight, spectacle 
- 記事【きじ】 - article, news story, report, account 
- 事務所【じむしょ】 - office 
- 返事【へんじ】 - reply, answer, response 
- 事情【じじょう】 - circumstances, conditions, situation, reasons, state of affairs 
- 何事【なにごと】 - what, what sort of thing, everything, anything, what (on earth)?, what's the meaning of this ...?, what's this ... all about? 
- 事態【じたい】 - situation, (present) state of affairs, circumstances 
- 検事【けんじ】 - public prosecutor 
- 大事【おおごと】 - serious matter, major incident, matter of grave concern, crisis 
- 判事【はんじ】 - judge, judiciary 
- 出来事【できごと】 - incident, affair, happening, event 
- 事業【じぎょう】 - project, enterprise, business, industry, operations, venture, service, act, deed, conduct