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件(けん)

けんken

Very commonNoun

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. nouncounter

    matter; affair; case; item; subject

  2. counter

    counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.

    死(し)亡(ぼう)事(じ)例(れい)が19件(けん)と全(ぜん)体(たい)の20%を超(こ)えており、過(か)労(ろう)死(し)の深(しん)刻(こく)な実(じっ)態(たい)が浮(う)き彫(ぼ)りになった。

    • With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.
  3. counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

Example sentences 328

死(し)亡(ぼう)事(じ)例(れい)が19件(けん)と全(ぜん)体(たい)の20%を超(こ)えており、過(か)労(ろう)死(し)の深(しん)刻(こく)な実(じっ)態(たい)が浮(う)き彫(ぼ)りになった。

  • With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.

この件(けん)をどう思(おも)いますか。

  • How do you view this matter?
  • What do you think about this matter?

あの件(けん)はあのままである。

  • The matter has not been settled yet.

Words:あの件(けん)はままである

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