懸案

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Chinese

hang; suspend
(legal) case; incident; record
(legal) case; incident; record; file; table
 
trad. (懸案)
simp. (悬案)

Pronunciation


Noun

懸案

  1. unsettled law case
  2. outstanding issue; unsettled question
  3. (law enforcement) cold case

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
あん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(けん)(あん) (ken'anけんあん (ken'an)?

  1. unsettled question

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN