Illustration: A family shares the afternoon housework in a compact Japanese apartment. One adult folds clean shirts beside a laundry basket while another wipes the dining table with a cloth. Their child carefully sweeps crumbs into a dustpan, concentrating so hard that the tip of their tongue shows.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

家か事じ

kaji

housework

Example sentences

  1. 私達わたしたちは、家事かじを分担ぶんたんすることで合意ごういした。

    We agreed to share the housework.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは家事かじで忙いそがしかった。

    She was occupied with household work.

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  3. 私わたしは両親りょうしんが家事かじをするのを手伝てつだった。

    I helped my parents with the housework.

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Kanji in 家事

  • 家house; homeOnカ・ケKunいえ・や・うち
  • 事matter; thingOnジ・ズKunこと・つかう・つかえる

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