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事変

See also: 事变 and 事變

Japanese

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 事変 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
事 変
じ
Grade: 3 		へん
Grade: 4
goon on'yomi
Alternative spelling
事變 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 事變 (MC dzriH pjenH).

First attested in Gukanshō, written around 1220.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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事(じ)変(へん) • (jihen) 

  1. severe or extraordinary incident, such as a natural disaster or a riot
  2. (military) conflict, especially an undeclared war
    支那(しな)事変(じへん)
    shina jihen
    "China Incident"
    (the official name of the Second Sino-Japanese War in Japan before declaration of war in 1941)
    満洲(まんしゅう)事変(じへん)
    manshū jihen
    the Mukden incident
  3. severe disturbance that cannot be quelled using the police anymore and requires military deployment

References

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  1. ^ “事変”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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