"かんかん" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: kankan [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} かんかん • (kankan)
  1. (onomatopoeia) clang, the sound of striking metal Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-かんかん-ja-noun-ypFbWIGJ Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, 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 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 28 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 25 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 32 37
  2. being seething, fury
    Sense id: en-かんかん-ja-noun-iYQ2~LoD Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 32 37
  3. being scorching
    Sense id: en-かんかん-ja-noun-NJJ6KbjI Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 32 37

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for かんかん meaning in Japanese (0.9kB)

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