Meaning of 事件 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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事件JLPT 3
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Kana Readingじけん
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Romajijiken
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
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Example Sentences
事件, じけん used in context
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The man I thought was the criminal didn't have any connection to the incident.
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Also many incidents of robbery by threats and violence are occurring.
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The incident occurred while Secretary of State, Powell, was visiting Japan.
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Recently there have been a lot of nasty incidents with fraud.
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政治学とは何か。「セイジ」から、人々は、まず、ジャーナリズムを賑わす政治的事件を連想するでしょう。
What is political science? From the "political," people will probably first associate it with the political incidents that enliven journalism.
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A fact-finding committee was set up to determine the cause of the incident.
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Kanji found in this word
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
On: ジ, ズ
Kun: こと, つか.う, つか.える
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