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事件

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 事件.

Dictionary

Entry

事件けんNounFreq #716
1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

Examples
この事件に手を貸してください。
Give me a hand with this case.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

8 strokesFrequency 18JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

ことつか.うつか.える

Nanori

affair, case, matter, item

6 strokesFrequency 212JLPT N2Grade 5

On

ケン

Kun

くだん

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