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出来事

できごと

occurrence, incident

Mnemonic

A thing that came about rather than one anybody arranged. The same できる as being able to, and the same coat ごと as 事. Something interesting happened: できごと.

Worth knowing

発生 はっせい is the formal one, for accidents and incidents. 出来事 is an everyday occurrence, good or bad.

Built from

exit, come out
Stacked peaks, something pushing up and out into view.
come
Originally a wheat plant. The crop that comes to you at harvest.
thing, matter
A hand gripping a banner, an affair being conducted, not an object.

Words sharing these kanji

to be able to do, to be good at to go out, to leave to take out to recollect, to recall to meet (by chance), to come across to take out, to pull out to submit to fly out, to dash out to call someone to to make a break for, to run off recollections, memory to go out

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