Word Meaning ピルトダウン事件

ぴるとだうんじけん pirutodaunjiken

ピルトダウン事件 is read as ぴるとだうんじけん (pirutodaunjiken) and means Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent).

Meaning

English

Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent)

Reading

Kana

ぴるとだうんじけん

Romaji

pirutodaunjiken

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 60406 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

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事件

じけん

event

大事件

だいじけん

major incident

殺人事件

さつじんじけん

murder case

四一六事件

しいちろくじけん

April 16 incident (arrests of communists and members of other anti-government groups; 1929)

民事事件

みんじじけん

civil case

小事件

しょうじけん

minor incident

不正事件

ふせいじけん

scandal

226事件

ににろくじけん

February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936)

911事件

きゅういちいちじけん

September 11 attacks

テロ事件

てろじけん

act of terror

少年事件

しょうねんじけん

incident (e.g. crime) involving a minor (between the ages of 14 and 19)