Word Meaning 226事件

ににろくじけん ninirokujiken

226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

February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936)
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
二・二六事件 ににろくじけん ninirokujiken
二二六事件 ににろくじけん ninirokujiken

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 55346 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

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)

ソンミ事件

そんみじけん

My Lai Massacre (1968)