出来事|できごとdekigoto[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounoccurrence; happening; incident; event
   このようのしてその出来事できごとは起おこった。↗

   This is how the incident happened.

• SynonymイベントNeutralLoanword for organized events or programs, as in 「イベント会場」; 「出来事」 covers anything that happens, planned or not.
• Synonym事件じけんNeutralAn incident or case, usually something serious and bad, as in 「殺人事件」; 「出来事」 is neutral and can be big or small.
• Related事象じしょうWrittenA written, academic term for events or phenomena; in everyday speech 「出来事」 is the natural word.
• Related一件いっけんNeutralOne matter or case, as in 「例の一件」; usually points to a specific matter already known.
• RelatedケースNeutralLoanword for a case or situation, as in 「レアケース」; it centers on concrete instances rather than things that happen.
• Related事柄ことがらNeutralRefers to the content or substance of a matter, as in 「重要な事柄」; abstract, and does not stress that something happened.

「出来事」 broadly covers things that happen in life or society, big or small, planned or not. Use 「事件」 for serious incidents, 「イベント」 for organized events, 「ケース」 for cases, 「事柄」 for abstract matters, 「一件」 for a specific known matter, 「事象」 in formal writing.

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1. 世間せけんで起おこる様々さまざまな事柄ことがら。