小しょう事じ件けん

noun

minor incident; small affair; sideshow

Refers to a small-scale event or incident, often contrasted with a major incident (大事件). Can be used literally for a minor occurrence or figuratively for something that is a sideshow compared to the main event.

Antonyms: 大事件

• 警けい察さつはその小しょう事じ件けんをすぐに処しょ理りした。

  The police quickly dealt with the minor incident.

• 彼かれのスキャンダルは選せん挙きょ戦せんの中なかでは小しょう事じ件けんに過すぎなかった。

  His scandal was just a sideshow in the election campaign.