件|けんken[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, countermatter; affair; case; item; subject
   私はこの件けんに関かんしては、あなたに賛成さんせいです。↗

   I agree with you on this issue.
2. countercounter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.
   死亡しぼう事例じれいが19件けんと全体ぜんたいの20％を超こえており、過労死かろうしの深刻しんこくな実態じったいが浮き彫うきぼりになった。↗

   With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.
3. countercounter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

• SynonymことNeutralThe broadest word for a thing or matter; 「件」 points to one specific matter or serves as a counter.
• Synonym出来事できごとNeutralThings that happen, e.g. 「今日の出来事」; focuses on the occurrence itself rather than a matter to deal with.
• Synonym事柄ことがらWrittenWritten/formal prose for matters or circumstances, e.g. 「重要な事柄」; leans toward abstract content.
• Synonym事件じけんNeutralAn incident or case, e.g. 「殺人事件」; suggests a striking event that draws attention.
• Synonym事項じこうWrittenWritten/formal prose for items on a list, e.g. 「注意事項」; used for enumerated items.
• Synonym案件あんけんWrittenWritten/formal prose for a matter to be handled, e.g. 「重要案件」; leans toward business or legal cases.
• Synonym一件いっけんNeutralOne matter or case, e.g. 「この一件」; points to a specific incident.
• Synonym事象じしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose for phenomena, e.g. 「自然界の事象」; leans toward objective phenomena.
• SynonymケースNeutralLoanword for a case or situation, e.g. 「ケースバイケース」; common in colloquial speech.
• Related事例じれいNeutralA case or example for reference, e.g. 「成功事例」; leans toward illustrative instances.
• Related場合ばあいNeutralA situation or occasion, e.g. 「雨の場合」; leans toward hypothetical conditions.
• Related話題わだいNeutralA topic of conversation, e.g. 「話題になる」; leans toward what people talk about.
• Related例れいNeutralAn example or instance, e.g. 「例を挙げる」; used when giving examples.
• Related儀ぎWrittenWritten/formal prose for a matter or ceremony, e.g. 「私儀」; letter-writing language.
• Related主題しゅだいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a theme, e.g. 「作品の主題」; the central idea of a work or argument.
• Related実例じつれいNeutralA real, actual example, e.g. 「実例を示す」; leans toward examples that serve as evidence.
• Relatedその儀そのぎWrittenWritten/formal prose for 'that matter', mostly in letters, e.g. 「その儀は」; carries a solemn tone.
• RelatedそのことNeutralRefers to the matter at hand, e.g. 「そのことについて」; a colloquial way to point back to it.

Use 「件」 for one specific matter or as a counter, as in 「例の件」「その件については」「3件」. For things in general say 「事」; for incidents, 「事件」; for listed items, 「事項」; for cases and examples, 「事例」. The rest narrow the sense: 「出来事」 happenings, 「場合」 hypothetical situations, 「案件」 business or legal matters, 「ケース」 everyday cases, 「話題」 topics of talk, 「例」 and 「実例」 examples, and the written terms 「事柄」「事象」「儀」「その儀」 for formal prose.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. (けん) 事柄ことがら。ある事ことに関かんする事項じこう。
2. (けん) 事柄ことがらの数かずを数かぞえるのに用もちいる。