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出来事: incident, affair | JLPT N3 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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JLPT N3
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出来事

JLPT N3Vocabulary

出来事(できごと)

できごと

incident, affair

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Reading and meaning

Reading: できごと
Romaji: dekigoto
Meaning: incident, affair
Word type: noun

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

昨日(きのう)、不思議(ふしぎ)な出来事(できごと)が起(お)こった。
A strange incident happened yesterday.
その出来事(できごと)は新聞(しんぶん)に載(の)っていた。
That incident was reported in the newspaper.
先生(せんせい)は授業(じゅぎょう)で昔(むかし)の出来事(できごと)を話(

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The teacher talked about an event from the past in class.

旅行中(りょこうちゅう)の出来事(できごと)を日記に書(っきにか)いた。

I wrote about the events during my trip in my diary.

Kanji in this lesson

出exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrudeJLPT N5 来come, due, next, cause, becomeJLPT N4 事matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possiblyJLPT N4