けん
Meanings
Noun
1. 事柄。ある事に関する事項。
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Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
① 出来事。② 重大な出来事で、周囲に悪影響を及ぼすもの。
① あることが成り立つのに必要な事柄(ラテン語condiciōの訳語として)。
① 用向きとその内容のこと。
① 問題となっている事柄。② 訴訟事件。
major incident; major happening; big scandal
① 大切な事柄。② 必要な条件。
the matter you have been talking about
this matter; this case
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
subject; title; subject (of an email); subject line
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
several items; many items
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
minor incident; sideshow
rare event; unexpected event
disgraceful incident; scandalous affair; untoward (deplorable) event
aforementioned; previous case; antecedent
difficult matter or case
(formal) topic at hand; current topic
Examples (71 in total)
Thank you for that.
I don't want to be involved in that matter.
The matter is now under consideration.