“Incident” in Japanese
Short answer
Incident in Japanese is “出来事” (dekigoto). Full meaning: incident, affair, happening, event.
Other ways to say “Incident” in Japanese
事
koto thing, matter; incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis; circumstances, situation, state of affairs
インシデント
inshidento incident
ハプニング
hapuningu (unexpected) incident, unforeseen event, surprising occurrence; happening (performance)
事故
jiko accident, incident, trouble; circumstances, reasons
じこ
jiko accident, incident, trouble; circumstances, reasons
沙汰
sata affair, state, incident, issue, matter; verdict, sentence; directions, orders, command, instructions
事件
jiken event, affair, incident, case, plot, trouble, scandal
事変
jihen accident, disaster, incident, uprising, emergency
デキゴト
dekigoto incident, affair, happening, event
できごと
dekigoto incident, affair, happening, event
入射
nyuusha incidence, injection, input; incident
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