事変
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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事 | 変 |
じ Grade: 3 |
へん Grade: 4 |
goon | on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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事變 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 事變 (MC dzriH pjenH).
First attested in Gukanshō, written around 1220.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- severe or extraordinary incident, such as a natural disaster or a riot
- (military) conflict, especially an undeclared war
- 支那事変
- shina jihen
- "China Incident"
(the official name of the Second Sino-Japanese War in Japan before declaration of war in 1941)
- 満洲事変
- manshū jihen
- the Mukden incident
- 支那事変
- severe disturbance that cannot be quelled using the police anymore and requires military deployment
References[edit]
- ^ “事変”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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