Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
けん
Grade: 5
on'yomi goon kan'on

Etymology

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Compound of (しょう) (shō-, small) + ()(けん) (jiken, incident).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) しょーじけん [shòójíꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːʑikẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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(しょう)()(けん) (shōjikenせうじけん (seuziken)?

  1. small incident
    Antonym: 大事件 (daijiken)