Frequency rank: 1,088.
- circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- circumstances
- reasons
- state of affairs
This refers to the conditions or factors surrounding a particular situation, often influencing decisions or outcomes.
We must take those circumstances into account.
This meaning signifies the justifications or explanations for a particular action or event.
The reason she couldn’t attend was because she had an urgent matter.
Refers to the current situation, particularly when discussing a specific context or set of events.
Generated collocations (experimental)
じじょう事情をせつめい説明するto explain the circumstancesじじょう事情があるthere are circumstancesじじょう事情をこうりょ考慮するto take the circumstances into accountじじょう事情がかわった変わったthe circumstances have changedじじょう事情におうじて応じてdepending on the circumstancesじじょう事情をりかい理解するto understand the circumstancesじじょう事情せつめいしょ説明書statement of circumstancesじじょう事情にかんする関するrelated to the circumstancesじじょう事情をちょうしゅ聴取するto hear the circumstancesじじょう事情がゆるす許すかぎり限りas far as circumstances permit
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Due to unavoidable circumstances this summer I can't stay in my holiday cottage.
I explained the situation, as this, that and such and such, but they just nodded along without showing much interest.
The decision whether I should see her is mine alone.
He has a good knowledge of the internal affairs of Japan.
His family circumstances were such that he became a teacher out of necessity.
He had to part from her owing to unavoidable circumstances many years ago.
I am very sorry that I have to ask you to change the meeting date to March 6 due to personal reasons.
As far housing goes, it is very poor in Japan.