件
くだん
the said; the aforementioned; the usual; the matter in question
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Examples
ちょうどその時、件の二人が登校してきた。
ちょうどそのとき、くだんのふたりがとうこうしてきた。
Just then the two in question arrived at school.
件の店は先月閉まったそうだ。
くだんのみせはせんげつしまったそうだ。
The shop I mentioned apparently closed last month.
件のごとく、契約は今月末で終了する。
くだんのごとく、けいやくはこんげつまつでしゅうりょうする。
As stated above, the contract ends at the end of this month.
Common patterns
- 件の人物
- the person in question
- 件の事件
- the incident referred to
- 件のごとし
- as stated above (legal/archaic formula)
Memory tip
Read くだん only in this fixed 件の... use, meaning 'that same one we were talking about' — literary and slightly stiff. The same kanji read けん is the ordinary counter for matters and cases (三件, 用件), so let the following の tell you which it is.
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