事件 (じけん): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

事件 (じけん) means incident / case / event.

See example sentences below.

事件 at a glance

事件

じけんjiken

N3noun

incident / case / event

事件じけんjikenN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

incident / case / event

Example 1

その事件はニュースで大きく報道された。

Translation

That incident was widely reported in the news.

Example 2

警察は事件の原因を調べている。

Translation

The police are investigating the cause of the incident.