"事故" means "accident", "incident"

Kanji in this word

Related words "事"

• 一大事 (ichidaiji)big thing, matter of great importance
• 万事 (banji)everything
• 不祥事 (fushoji)scandal
• 主事 (shuji)director, superintendent
• 事 (koto)circumstances, incident, matter, work
• 事件 (jiken)affair, event, incident

Related words "故"

• 事故 (jiko)accident, incident
• 故 (yue)cause, reason
• 故に (yueni)therefore
• 故国 (kokoku)one's native country, one's native land
• 故郷 (kokyo)hometown
• 何故 (naze)why