► 名詞
事件 [(1)じけん] meaning: incident rank: 1
☆ その事件が両国間の戦争のきっかけとなった ⇨ The incident triggered the war between the two countries
☆ 爆弾テロ事件が頻発した ⇨ Multiple terrorist bombing incidents have happened in succession
☆ 警察はその殺人事件を捜査している ⇨ The police is investigating the murder case
More examples:
- そのテロ事件は世界を震撼させた ⇨ The terrorist attack shocked the world
- この事件は世界の将来を暗示かもしれない ⇨ Maybe this incident is foretelling indirectly the future of the world
- 事件は未解決のままだ ⇨ The case hasn’t been solved yet
- 事件の発端は十年前に遡る ⇨ The origin of the incident goes 10 years back
- 衝撃的な事件 ⇨ A shocking, traumatic, incident
- 彼等は事件が表沙汰になる前に揉み消した ⇨ They squashed it before the incident would become public
- この事件は日本の近代史上重要な位置を占めている ⇨ This incident occupies an important place in the modern Japanese history
- 国全体で波紋を呼んだ事件 ⇨ An incident that caused ripples, a shockwave, throughout the nation
- 事件の真相は未だ明らかになっていない ⇨ The truth of the incident, what really happened, is still not clear
- 抜刀事件 ⇨ A sword-wielding incident
- 彼は今回の事件に似通った事例を調査している ⇨ He is investigating the cases that resemble this incident
- 事件を起こした張本人は全く平気な顔をしている ⇨ The very person who caused the problem is acting as if nothing has happened
- 事件は迷宮入りした ⇨ The case has gotten into a maze. The case has reached a dead end unresolved
- この事件は彼にはいい薬だ ⇨ This incident serves as a good medicine, lesson, for him
- 犯人が事件の現場にのこのこ現れた ⇨ The suspect came back to the scene of the crime without any caution