"あかん" meaning in Japanese

See あかん in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [a̠kã̠ɴ] Forms: あかん [canonical], アカン [canonical], akan [romanization]
Etymology: A contraction from the idiom 埒が明かぬ (rachi ga akanu, “not get up to speed, not get off the ground”, literally “the fence doesn't open”), where akanu is an archaic negative form of the verb 明く (aku, “to open, to open up”). * /rat͡ɕi ɡa akanu/ → /akanu/ → /akaɴ/ Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|/rat͡ɕi ɡa akanu/}} /rat͡ɕi ɡa akanu/, {{IPAfont|/akanu/}} /akanu/, {{IPAfont|/akaɴ/}} /akaɴ/ Head templates: {{ja-verb form|アカン}} あかん or アカン • (akan)
  1. Negative form of あく (aku) Tags: form-of, negative Form of: あく (extra: aku)
    Sense id: en-あかん-ja-verb-egFy2gel Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 37 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 40 34 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 37 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 32 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 21 17
  2. (Kansai, Hokuriku, Gifu-Aichi) to make little progress; a waste of time Tags: Kansai
    Sense id: en-あかん-ja-verb-KwJ8KMTY Categories (other): Hokuriku Japanese, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Kansai Japanese, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 37 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 40 34 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 37 27
  3. (Kansai, Hokuriku, Gifu-Aichi) something that is not good, something that is forbidden Tags: Kansai
    Sense id: en-あかん-ja-verb-RPEd3k0x Categories (other): Hokuriku Japanese, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Kansai Japanese, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 37 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 40 34 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 37 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: いけない: "doesn't go (ikenai), cannot go" → inappropriate, ならない: → unbecoming (naranai) (english: doesn't become), inappropriate, 駄目: no good (english: dame), bad, stop, don't 
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