[じ, ji](n) (1) thing; matter; (2) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; (3) circumstances; situation; state of affairs; (4) work; business; affair; (5) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (n-suf) (6) (See 事・ごと・1) nominalizing suffix; (7) (See 事・ごと・2) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (P)#353[Add to Longdo]
[アリバイがいしゃ, aribai gaisha](n) (See ダミー会社) front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls)[Add to Longdo]
[げだいがくもん, gedaigakumon](n) putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book (play, etc.); pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name[Add to Longdo]
[かまとと, kamatoto](n) (1) (uk) feigning innocence, ignorance or naivety; (2) someone (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive[Add to Longdo]