事情

じじょう

circumstances, situation, reasons

What does 事情 mean?

事情 is a Japanese noun meaning circumstances, situation, reasons in English. It is written as 事情 in kanji, じじょう in hiragana, and jijou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

そこに行くかもしれないが、それは事情次第だ。

I may go there, but that depends.