"うわん" meaning in Japanese

See うわん in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: [ɯ̟β̞ã̠ɴ]
Etymology: Kanji reading.
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-うわん-ja-character-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟β̞ã̠ɴ] Forms: うわん [canonical], ウワン [canonical], uwan [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeia for the sound of the wail or shout purportedly made by the spirit. Head templates: {{ja-noun|ウワン}} うわん or ウワン • (uwan)
  1. a woof, a bark (sound made by a dog)
    Sense id: en-うわん-ja-noun-4q3I7BbO Categories (other): Animal sounds Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 0 78 22
  2. a disembodied voice that inhabits old, abandoned temples and homes: a kind of yōkai
    Sense id: en-うわん-ja-noun-cL8uy6xl Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 0 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for うわん meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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