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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

大だい事じ件けん

daijiken

major incident, major event

Example sentences

  1. これは空前くうぜんの大事件だいじけんとして歴史れきしに残のこるでしょう。

    This will go down in history as the greatest event that has ever taken place.

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  2. いずれにしても日露戦争にちろせんそうにおける日本にっぽんの勝利しょうりが及およぼした世界的影響せかいてきえいきょうは計はかり知しれず、歴史的れきしてき大事件だいじけんであったことには変かわりない。

    There is no doubt that the Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War was a major historic event that changed the course of history.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 八代目三津五郎はちだいめみつごろうの急死きゅうしは、以後いご「フグ中毒ちゅうどく」といえば「三津五郎みつごろう」の名なが必かならず例れいにあげられるようになったほどの大事件だいじけんだった。

    The sudden death of the eighth Mitsugoro was such a major incident that, ever since, his name has invariably come up whenever pufferfish poisoning is mentioned.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 大事件

  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい
  • 事matter; thingOnジ・ズKunこと・つかう・つかえる
  • 件matter; caseOnケンKunくだん

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