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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:
  • 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
  • 街中乱射事件がこった ⇨ 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送検した ⇨ The police sent the case to the DA
  • その事件は政界揺るがす一大事発展した ⇨ The case has developed into a big scandal that has shaken up the political world
  • 最近この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
  • 事件の顛末以下通りです ⇨ 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
  • 町中銃撃事件がこった ⇨ A shooting happened in the middle of the town