"事件" meaning in Japanese

See 事件 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑikẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 事件 [canonical] (ruby: (), (けん)), jiken [romanization], ziken [romanization], じけん [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|じけん|hhira=じけん}} 事(じ)件(けん) • (jiken) ^(←じけん (ziken)?)
  1. event, incident Synonyms (incident): 事故 (jiko), 事変 (jihen)
    Sense id: en-事件-ja-noun-7yL4B3dM Disambiguation of 'incident': 57 36 7
  2. matter, affair
    Sense id: en-事件-ja-noun-eLexKACB Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 29 48 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 26 52 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 28 50 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 13 57 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 54 20
  3. scandal
    Sense id: en-事件-ja-noun-qr-dtdlH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 小事件 (shōjiken) (ruby: (しょう), (), (けん)), 大事件 (daijiken) (ruby: (だい), (), (けん)), 難事件 (nanjiken) (ruby: (なん), (), (けん)), 事件記者 (jiken kisha) (ruby: (), (けん), (), (しゃ))
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shōjiken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
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          "件",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小事件"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "daijiken",
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        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "件",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大事件"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "難",
          "なん"
        ],
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          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "件",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "難事件"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        [
          "事",
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        ],
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          "件",
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        ],
        [
          "記",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "しゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "事件記者"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "事件",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "件",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jiken",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ziken",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "じけん",
      "roman": "ziken",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "hhira": "じけん"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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            [
              9,
              14
            ]
          ],
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            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "murder",
          "roman": "satsujin jiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "殺",
              "さつ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "件",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
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            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "shooting",
          "roman": "ransha jiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "乱",
              "らん"
            ],
            [
              "射",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "件",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "乱射事件",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              23,
              28
            ]
          ],
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            [
              9,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Murder on the Orient Express",
          "roman": "Oriento Kyūkō Satsujin Jiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "急",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "殺",
              "さつ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "件",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "オリエント急行殺人事件",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "links": [
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
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          "incident",
          "incident"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "57 36 7",
          "roman": "jiko",
          "sense": "incident",
          "word": "事故"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 36 7",
          "roman": "jihen",
          "sense": "incident",
          "word": "事変"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "29 48 23",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "26 52 22",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "28 50 21",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "13 57 30",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "27 54 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-事件-ja-noun-eLexKACB",
      "links": [
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          "matter",
          "matter"
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        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "scandal"
      ],
      "id": "en-事件-ja-noun-qr-dtdlH",
      "links": [
        [
          "scandal",
          "scandal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "other": "じけん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑikẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:事件"
  ],
  "word": "事件"
}
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "shōjiken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "件",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
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    {
      "roman": "daijiken",
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          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "件",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大事件"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nanjiken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "難",
          "なん"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "件",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "難事件"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiken kisha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "件",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "記",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "しゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "事件記者"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "事件",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "件",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiken",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziken",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じけん",
      "roman": "ziken",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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              2,
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          "english": "murder",
          "roman": "satsujin jiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "殺",
              "さつ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "件",
              "けん"
            ]
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        },
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            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "shooting",
          "roman": "ransha jiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "乱",
              "らん"
            ],
            [
              "射",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "件",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
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          "type": "example"
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        {
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            [
              23,
              28
            ]
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
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              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Murder on the Orient Express",
          "roman": "Oriento Kyūkō Satsujin Jiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "急",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "殺",
              "さつ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "件",
              "けん"
            ]
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        }
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      ],
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        ]
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      ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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      "other": "じけん"
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      "ipa": "[d͡ʑikẽ̞ɴ]"
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  ],
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    {
      "roman": "jiko",
      "sense": "incident",
      "word": "事故"
    },
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      "roman": "jihen",
      "sense": "incident",
      "word": "事変"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:事件"
  ],
  "word": "事件"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 事件 meaning in Japanese (2.8kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "事件"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "事件",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "事件"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "事件",
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}

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