Word Meaning ポプラ事件

ぽぷらじけん popurajiken

ポプラ事件 is read as ぽぷらじけん (popurajiken) and means Korean axe murder incident (killing of two US army officers in the DMZ on August 18, 1976).

Meaning

English

Korean axe murder incident (killing of two US army officers in the DMZ on August 18, 1976)
poplar tree incident

Reading

Kana

ぽぷらじけん

Romaji

popurajiken

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 56872 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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)

オウム事件

おうむじけん

Aum Shinrikyo incidents (including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway)