Word Meaning 人質事件

ひとじちじけん hitojichijiken

人質事件 is read as ひとじちじけん (hitojichijiken) and means incident involving the taking of hostages.

Meaning

English

incident involving the taking of hostages
hostage situation

Reading

Kana

ひとじちじけん

Romaji

hitojichijiken

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 61464 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

人事訴訟事件

じんじそしょうじけん

litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)

殺人事件

さつじんじけん

murder case

オリエント急行殺人事件

おりえんときゅうこうさつじんじけん

Murder on the Orient Express (1934 detective novel by Agatha Christie)

占星術殺人事件

せんせいじゅつさつじんじけん

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders (1981 novel by Soji Shimada)

事件本人

じけんほんにん

party to the case

人件費

じんけんひ

indirect labour costs

人定質問

じんていしつもん

establishing the identity of a defendant

事件

じけん

event

大事件

だいじけん

major incident

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)

民事事件

みんじじけん

civil case

二・二六事件

ににろくじけん

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

Example Sentences

ロシア：人質事件の犠牲となった方々に哀悼の意を表す。

Russia expresses regret for those lost in the hostage incident.