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事件  [(1)じけん]    meaning:  incident  rank: 1
☆ その事件が両国間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:
  • 最近学校構内盗難事件が相次いでいる ⇨ Recently there have been many theft incidents on the school premises
  • 警察は事件を再調査している ⇨ The police is re-investigating the incident
  • 抜刀事件 ⇨ A sword-wielding incident
  • 国全体波紋呼んだ事件 ⇨ An incident that caused ripples, a shockwave, throughout the nation
  • 関係者は皆事件について噤んだ ⇨ All the people involved kept mum about the incident
  • 彼等は事件が表沙汰になる揉み消した ⇨ They squashed it before the incident would become public
  • は事件への関与否定した ⇨ He denied his involvement in the scandal
  • 警察は事件を検察官送検した ⇨ The police sent the case to the DA
  • その事件の前後しい目撃された ⇨ A suspicious man was seen around the time of the incident
  • 事件の捜査には沢山紆余曲折有った ⇨ The investigation of the case has gone through a lot of turns and twists
  • 事件は迷宮入りした ⇨ The case has gotten into a maze. The case has reached a dead end unresolved
  • 警察が事件を捜査している ⇨ The police is investigating the case
  • 折檻死事件 ⇨ A death of a child due to severe physical discipline
  • は事件の発覚れて目撃者した ⇨ He killed the witness, fearing the crime would be exposed
  • 今回の事件に似通っ事例調査している ⇨ He is investigating the cases that resemble this incident