Meanings
Noun
1. accident; incident; trouble
2. circumstances; reasons
Kanji used
occurence
past
Pitch accent
Top 2000
Composed of
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
the late; the deceased
Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
accidental death
Examples (193 in total)
There has been an accident.
I'm sure it was an accident.
Have you heard about the accident?
Was that really an accident?
The accident happened suddenly.
It must've been a terrible accident.
Accidents have increased in number.
The cause of the accident is unknown.
He lost his life in an accident.
We are looking into the cause of the accident.
He survived the accident.
There appears to have been an accident.
You are to blame for the accident.
There must have been an accident up ahead.
Accidents will happen.
Did you actually see the accident?
Confusion arose from the accident.
On account of an accident, I was late for school.
An awful accident happened yesterday.
I was called out to the scene of the accident.
Describe that accident in detail.
He witnessed the accident.
That is how the accident occurred.
The train was delayed because of an accident.
Many accidents happen every year.
This is how the accident happened.
Many people were killed in the accident.
I have nothing to do with this accident.
Only one person survived the accident.
The committee inquired into the cause of the accident.
He lost his eyesight in an accident.
The accident took her son away from her.
Mary's daughter died in an accident.
I'm glad Tom wasn't injured in the accident.
All the traffic was brought to a standstill by the accident.
They hurried to the scene of the accident.
He went blind in the accident.
He got hurt in the accident at work.
He survived the plane crash.
He went deaf as a result of an accident.
A dreadful accident happened on the corner.
The accident caused a traffic jam.
This is the place where the accident was.
Did he mention the accident?
I explained the accident to him.
He gave a short account of the accident.
A lot of people died in that accident.
This is where the accident happened.
He never speaks of the accident.
If the accident happens, report to me.
The accident deprived them of their happiness.
My car was badly damaged in the accident.
Shortly after the accident, the police came.
There were a number of reasons for this accident.
Never in my life have I seen such a terrible accident.
I had nothing to do with that accident.
The accident happened before I arrived.
It's a miracle that he wasn't killed in the accident.
The accident robbed him of his best friend.
The cause of the accident was being investigated by the police.
Fortunately he didn't die in the accident.
Unfortunately, he broke his leg in the accident.
He was late as a result of the accident.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
The accident was due to bad driving.
Many people were killed in the plane accident.
The number of traffic accidents has increased in recent years.
Do you know what time that accident happened?
The bus was delayed an hour by the accident.
My right leg was injured in that accident.
Even specialists do not understand this incredible accident.
The accident is reported in today's paper.
He was injured badly in the accident.
Am I fully covered in case of an accident?
I saw the whole accident with my own eyes.
Did that accident really happen last year?
I blamed him for the accident.
He had his left leg hurt in the accident.
The picture of the accident makes me sick.
A number of tourists were injured in the accident.
John investigated the accident thoroughly.
He was the only witness of the accident.
A number of passengers were injured in the accident.
The accident happened at that intersection.
He got his neck broken in the accident.
There was only one survivor of the accident.
Accidents of this kind often occur.
She broke down crying after hearing the incident.
The accident happened in this manner.
Yesterday, there was a terrible accident on the highway.
The accident stemmed from her negligence.
The accident happened at a crossroads.
Such accidents can happen from time to time.
Many accidents were caused by the bad weather.
He was injured in his left leg in the accident.
He fell asleep while driving and caused an accident.
The accident was due to the smog.
The news of the accident was a great shock to me.
This accident resulted from the carelessness of the driver.
She didn't mention the accident to me.
She said she had heard of the accident.
Do you remember the day when we saw the accident?
"If there is an accident," he says, "they will know right away."
This accident has nothing to do with me.
He died soon after the accident.
Walking along the street, I saw the accident.
I told him all about the accident.
The accident happened on a rainy day.
He actually didn't see the accident.
It is a complete mystery what caused the accident.
We were not to blame for the accident.
Harry was late for class yesterday because of his accident.
Accidents will happen when we are off guard.
I heard about the accident for the first time yesterday.
He gave a detailed description of the accident.
I read about the accident in the newspaper.
There was an accident on Fifth Avenue yesterday.
You'll understand how terrible this accident was when you read the article.
Four people were in the car when the accident happened.
Last night an explosion took place at a fireworks factory.
We must make a close analysis of the causes of the accident.
They blamed the driver for the accident.
Quite a few people were injured in the accident.
When I was crossing the street, I saw an accident.
The accident took place on the evening of last Sunday.
The accident was caused by the error on the part of the driver.
His health has been getting worse since the accident.
He didn't tell John about the accident.
Accidents will happen when they are least expected.
Many accidents resulted from the icy road conditions.
Few passengers got injured in the accident.
Please give me the details of the accident.
That accident is a good example of his carelessness.
The passengers who were injured in the accident were taken to the nearest hospital.
This accident has nothing to do with me, officer.
We have to prevent such an accident from happening again.
A man named Slim was killed in that accident.
He compensated me for the accident with money.
Tom hasn't been able to eat solid food since his accident.
At this corner there happened an accident that was to be remembered for years.
All the villagers know of the accident.
He saw the accident on the way to school.
Had he known the facts, the accident might have been avoided.
He described the accident in detail to the police.
The excited woman tried to explain the accident all in one breath.
It follows from this that the company is not responsible for the accident.
They gave different versions of the accident.
Dare you ask him about the accident?
They agreed to look into the causes of the accident.
You can't blame him for the accident.
As today's accident is very serious, I take it seriously.
We think that the narrow road was responsible for the accident.
It is no use blaming him for the accident now.
The policeman blamed the taxi driver for the accident.
No one can understand how the accident happened.
I ask these questions by way of finding out the cause of the accident.
We believe there was an accident at the corner two days ago.
I couldn't but sympathize with the girl who had lost her parents in the accident.
Unfortunately, he got his leg broken in the accident.
I was told to inform you that your father was killed in an accident.
The government appointed a committee to investigate the accident.
If he had been a little more careful, the accident would have been avoided.
She told about the accident with tears in her eyes.
She stopped appearing in public after her accident.
Needless to say, because of the accident, he will stay away from school for a while.
Three workers on board the truck were killed in the accident.
After the accident, the car lay in the street upside down.
If that accident had happened in a city, it would have caused a disaster.
The existing law concerning car accidents requires amending.
Yesterday, as I was walking along the street, I saw an accident.
The accident was due to the drunken driving of a certain film star.
According to newspaper reports, there was an airplane accident last evening.
No one knew for certain how the accident happened.
She was never completely free from pain after the accident.
Sometimes even small mistakes can lead to big accidents.
I'll ask him how the accident happened.
She shed plentiful tears when her beloved dog was killed in an accident.
He asked the policeman how many people had been killed in traffic accidents the previous day.
It was fortunate that he was taken to a nearby hospital right away after the accident.
Almost all of the passengers on the bus were asleep when the accident happened.
This lady witnessed an accident at three o'clock this afternoon.
Your assumption that his death was an accident seems to be wrong.
His failure to tell me the truth caused an accident.
They say most airplane accidents occur at landing or takeoff stages.
We need to study the cause and effect of the accident closely.
This is his sixth accident.
There was a crash on Route 66 today.
The plane accident cost the lives of 200 people.
She was unconscious for a whole day after the accident.
Joan broke her left arm in the accident.
Six months have passed since the author was killed in an accident.
The three people gave three different accounts of the accident.
On the 11th of March 2011, an unprecedented accident took place in Fukushima.