Word Meaning 二・二六事件

ににろくじけん ninirokujiken

二・二六事件 is read as ににろくじけん (ninirokujiken) and means February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936).

Meaning

English

  1. February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936)
  2. February 1936 military revolt

Reading

Kana

ににろくじけん

Romaji

ninirokujiken

Writing Variants

  • 2・26事件 ににろくじけん ninirokujiken
  • 226事件 ににろくじけん ninirokujiken
  • 二二六事件 ににろくじけん ninirokujiken

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 51075 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

四・一六事件

よんいちろくじけん

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

二つ返事

ふたつへんじ

immediate reply

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

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

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)