けん
Meanings
Counter
Noun
1. matter; affair; case; item; subject
I just learned about this matter for the first time.
Counter
2. counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.
3. counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
Pitch accent
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Top 14600
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
major incident; major happening; big scandal
matter in question; that matter; the matter; the issue
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
this matter; this case
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
subject; title; subject (of an email); subject line
difficult case
mystery case
several items; many items
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
minor incident; sideshow
rare event; unexpected event
scandal; disgraceful incident; scandalous affair; untoward event
(the) aforementioned; previous matter; antecedent
difficult matter or case
communications protocol
matter in the heading (of a document); matter mentioned in the subject line (of an email)
September 11 attacks; 9/11
administrative case
Examples (93 in total)
Thank you for that.
I don't want to be involved in that matter.
The matter is now under consideration.