けん
Meanings
Noun
1. Vorfall; Angelegenheit; Begebenheit; Ereignis; Zwischenfall; Affäre
2. (oftmals euphemistisch für alle möglichen unangenehmen Vorfälle; z.B.)Skandal; Erpressungsfall; Revolte; Katastrophe; Massaker
Kanji used
occurence
case
Pitch accent
けん
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Composed of
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
Angelegenheit; Fall; Sache; Zählwort für Angelegenheiten, Fälle, Sachen
Used in vocabulary (76 in total)
Entführungsfall; Entführung; Kidnapping
Examples (69 in total)
It was a strange affair.
I looked into the incident.
The police are looking into the matter.