Illustration: Inside a neighbourhood electronics shop, several residents watch a television showing a reporter covering the reopening of their town's flood-damaged bridge. Through the shop's wide window, the same bridge and reporter are visible nearby, with workers moving the final barrier aside.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

時じ事じ

jiji

current affairs

Example sentences

  1. 先生せんせいは学生がくせいに時事じじ問題もんだいに興味きょうみを持もたせようとした。

    The teacher tried to interest the students in current events.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 読売新聞社よみうりしんぶんしゃに入社にゅうしゃし時事じじスケッチを担当たんとう。

    He joined the Yomiuri Shimbun and came to be in charge of the illustrations for current affairs.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. だが、社会しゃかいの動向どうこうに機敏きびんに反応はんのうした時事じじ的てきな作品さくひんや風刺性ふうしせいの濃こいものが多おおいのが特徴とくちょうである。

    However, many of them have been quick to respond to social trends by including topical references and introducing satirical elements.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 時事

  • 時time; hourOnジKunとき
  • 事matter; thingOnジ・ズKunこと・つかう・つかえる

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