JLPT N2 · Noun

人事 (jinji)

人事 (じんじ, jinji) is a Japanese noun meaning “human affairs; mundane matters”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: じんじ
Romaji: jinji
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

human affairs; mundane matters; things human · noun
personnel affairs; human resources; employee matters; HR · noun
human power; human effort; what is humanly possible · noun
category of haiku seasonal words relating to human affairs · noun

Example sentences

人事を尽くして天命を待つ。

Man proposes, God disposes.

Tatoeba #144198

山田さんは人事課長です。

Mr Yamada is in charge of the personnel section.

Tatoeba #169376

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 人事

人

personジン・ニン・ひと・-り · 2 strokes

事

matter, thing, factジ・ズ・こと・つか.う · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 人事.

人じん-ian (e.g. Italian)人にんcounter for people人ひとperson大人おとなadult一人ひとりone person二人ふたりtwo persons外国人がいこくじんforeigner人口じんこうpopulation人形にんぎょうdollご主人ごしゅじんyour husband詩人しじんpoet商人しょうにんmerchant人工じんこうartificial人種じんしゅrace (of people)

Source: JMdict entry 1367870 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.