事件 (じけん)event; affair; incident

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Kanji in 事件

事務じむoffice work; clerical work
事務局じむきょくsecretariat; executive office
事務所じむしょoffice
事実じじつfact; truth
事情じじょうcircumstances; conditions
事態じたいsituation; (present) state of affairs
事故じこaccident; incident
事業じぎょうproject; enterprise
条件じょうけんcondition; term
件数けんすうnumber of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
人件費じんけんひpersonnel expenses; labor cost
本件ほんけんthis matter; this case
条件付きじょうけんつきconditionally; with conditions attached
物件ぶっけんarticle; thing
要件ようけんimportant matter
件けんmatter; affair

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