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事件じけん (jiken)

event,affair,incident

  • JLPT N3
  • noun
  • Pitch 1
  • #355 most frequent

Meaning

事件 (じけん, jiken) is a JLPT N3 noun meaning “event,affair,incident”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

その事件じけんの犯人はんにんはまだ捕つかまっていない。

The perpetrator of the incident has not been arrested yet.

彼かれはその事件じけんに関係かんけいがない。

He has nothing to do with that incident.

町まちで大だい事件じけんが起おこりました。

There was a major incident in town.

事件じけんの背景はいけいに何なにがあったのだろう。

I wonder what was behind the incident.

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