事件 (じけん) — incident, case
事件
incident
Frequency #205
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 5
2 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. noun
jiken
じけん
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
じけん[1] atamadaka 頭高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- incident
- case
Explained in simple Japanese
- みんなが おどろく、よくない できごと。
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Usage examples
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大きな政治の事件が描かれていなくても、そこには歴史があります。
Ookina seiji no jiken ga egakarete inakute mo, soko ni wa rekishi ga arimasu.
Even if it depicts no major political event, there is history there.
暮らしから読む、日本の歴史 · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第4章 江戸の町を歩いてみる