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事件 (じけん): event, affair, incident — Japanese vocabulary

事件 is read じけん and means "event, affair, incident". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

事件

Reading
じけん · jiken
Translation
event, affair, incident
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
じけんが

Example

この事件に手を貸してください。

このじけんにてをかしてください。

Give me a hand with this case.

Kanji in this word

  • 事 — matter, thing
  • 件 — matter, case

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