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大阪事件 (oosakajiken) Japanese meaning: Osaka Incident | Kotomora

大おお阪さか事じ件けん

Meanings

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Osaka Incident

historical term

Historical term for a specific 1885 plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising.

大おお阪さか事じ件けんは1885年ねんに起おきた自じ由ゆう党とうのクーデター未み遂すい事じ件けんである。
The Osaka Incident was an attempted coup by the Liberal Party in 1885.

Kanji

大large, big
阪heights, slope
事matter, thing, fact
件affair, case, matter

Etymology

Named after the city of Osaka, where the incident took place. The exact derivation is straightforward; 大阪 (Osaka) + 事件 (incident).