Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb

    to end without incident; to not turn into something serious

    こうして武田の悲鳴で通りすがりの船に気付いてもらえ、事なきをえました。
    In this way a passing boat noticed them, thanks to Takeda's scream, and they survived without incident.

Also written 事無きを得る【ことなきをえる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

Kun
ことつか.うつか.える
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
18 of 2500
Radical
hook
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-8-3SKIP code
0a8.15The Kanji Dictionary
5000.7Four corner code
1547deroo
4e8bUnicode hex code
1-27-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
272Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71New Nelson (John Haig)
3567New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4384Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2220Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2986Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1156Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1240Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
32A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
768Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
73Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
241Morohashi
293A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
80Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230sakade
108Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
309henshall3
300Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
10crowley
237Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
30Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1164Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit

Kun
え.るう.る
On
トク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
175 of 2500
Radical
step
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Used in names as

あつてろ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3i8.4The Kanji Dictionary
2624.1Four corner code
2048deroo
5f97Unicode hex code
1-38-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1622Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1755New Nelson (John Haig)
477New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
577Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
351Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
435Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
876Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
941Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
358A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1299Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
340Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10137Morohashi
761A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
374Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
375Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
850sakade
523Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
587henshall3
574Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
167crowley
643Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
631Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
885Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
de2, de5, dei3Pinyin reading
deugKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level