Illustration: At a neighborhood police box, a resident and an officer review a damaged bicycle standing beside the counter. One open folder contains photographs of that same bicycle, its bent wheel, and the roadside spot where it was found. A broken reflector lies in a small evidence tray beside the folder.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ件けん

ikken

one matter, one case

Example sentences

彼かれはその一件いっけんを調査ちょうさし始はじめた。
He began to look into the matter.
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「聞きいたよ、光一こういち」「まあ皆みなまでいうなって。分わかってる。神社じんじゃの夏祭なつまつりの一件いっけんでしょ？」
"I’ve heard about it, Koichi." "You don’t need to say anything more, I know. It’s the summer festival incident at the shrine, right?"
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
一件いっけん落着らくちゃく！
Voilà! Case resolved!
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一件

一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
件matter; caseOnケンKunくだん

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