事故 (Jiko) is a Japanese noun meaning “accident, incident, trouble, circumstances”.
Meanings
- nounaccident; incident; trouble
- nouncircumstances; reasons
Examples
僕は事故を処理した。
I dealt with the accident.
列車は事故のため遅れた。
The train was held up because of the railroad accident.
彼は飛行機事故で死んだ。
He was killed in an airplane accident.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).