► 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:
- 事件の目撃者 ⇨ An eyewitness of the incident
- その事件が引き金になって軍事紛争が起こった ⇨ That incident triggered a military conflict
- 米国では銃乱射事件が続発している ⇨ In US mass shooting incidents have been happening one after another
- 街中で銃の乱射事件が起こった ⇨ A random mass shooting happened in the middle of the town
- その二つの事件は関連していない ⇨ Those two incidents have nothing to do with each other
- 事件の発端は十年前に遡る ⇨ The origin of the incident goes 10 years back
- 不倫関係のもつれから起きた殺人事件 ⇨ A murder case stemming from the complication of adulterous relationships
- 警察は事件を検察官に送検した ⇨ The police sent the case to the DA
- その事件は政界を揺るがす一大事に発展した ⇨ The case has developed into a big scandal that has shaken up the political world
- 最近この様な事件が相次いでいる ⇨ Recently incidents like this are happening one after another
- 最近似たような事件が頻繁に起こっている ⇨ Recently similar incidents have been happening frequently
- 有名人の蒸発事件 ⇨ The disappearance scandal of a celebrity
- 事件の顛末は以下の通りです ⇨ This is how the incident developed, from the beginning to the outcome
- 事件は未解決のままだ ⇨ The case hasn’t been solved yet
- 町中で銃撃事件が起こった ⇨ A shooting happened in the middle of the town