Word Meaning 南京事件

なんきんじけん nankinjiken

南京事件 is read as なんきんじけん (nankinjiken) and means Nanking Incident (targeting of Nanking's foreign properties and residents by Kuomintang troops in March, 1927).

Meaning

English

Nanking Incident (targeting of Nanking's foreign properties and residents by Kuomintang troops in March, 1927)
Nanking Massacre (1937)
Rape of Nanking

Reading

Kana

なんきんじけん

Romaji

nankinjiken

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 61769 Priority J

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南京米

なんきんまい

Chinese rice

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)