事

Historical term

My Lai Massacre (1968); Son My Massacre

Historical term

Kanemi rice oil disease incident (of 1968)

Historical term

Matsumoto sarin gas attack (June 27-28, 1994)

Historical term

Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident

Historical term

1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three US servicemen stationed in Okinawa

Historical term

Invasion of Ryukyu (by the Satsuma-based Shimazu clan; 1609)

Historical term

Korean axe murder incident (killing of two US army officers in the DMZ on August 18, 1976); poplar tree incident

Historical term

March 1st Movement (Korea); Sam-il Movement

Historical term

Tungchow Mutiny (1937); Tongzhou Incident

Historical term

Red Flag Incident (suppression and arrest of participants of anarcho-communist rally in Tokyo; June 22, 1908)

Historical term

Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864); Shimonoseki bombardment

Historical term

monopoly enterprise

Historical term

Kujikata Osadamegaki; Tokugawa law code of Shogun Yoshimune (introduced in 1742)

Historical term

Aum Shinrikyo incidents (including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway)

Historical term

Normanton incident (1886)

Rare term

funeral

Rare term

pressing matter; sudden event

Rare term

secret

Rare term; Word usually written using kana alone

child dying before parents

Rare term; Orig. meaning

occurrence out of sequence; wrong order

Rare term

inquiry; enquiry

Dated term

sexual intercourse; lovemaking

Obsolete term

words of gratitude

礼事 only; Obsolete term

manners; courtesy; etiquette

Rare term; Used when hoping for something to happen

any time now

Rare term

United Nations Secretariat