イベント

いべんと
noun
event
leisure
1. event, happening, occasion
A planned public or social occasion.
An event is being held in the station square.
There's an event this weekend.
イベント企画(きかく)する
To plan an event.

A loanword from English "event." Used broadly for planned occasions — festivals, concerts, sales promotions, and corporate gatherings.

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イベント is more general than 行事(ぎょうじ) (scheduled occasion, annual event) or (もよお) (gathering, function). 行事(ぎょうじ) tends to refer to traditional or institutional events (school events, seasonal customs), while イベント covers modern, planned occasions of any kind.