"ワンワン" meaning in Japanese

See ワンワン in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [β̞ã̠ɰ̃β̞ã̠ɴ] Forms: ワンワン [canonical], わんわん [canonical], wanwan [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeia, reduplication of ワン (wan). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|ワン}} ワン (wan) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|わんわん}} ワンワン or わんわん • (wanwan)
  1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of a dog barking: bow-wow Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-ワンワン-ja-adv-6m71Zn7Y Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese katakana, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Animal sounds Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 28 39 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 48 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 40 22 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 31 32 36
  2. (onomatopoeia) the sound of crying loudly: waa waa Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-ワンワン-ja-adv-EFFYF~2W Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Animal sounds Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 46 17 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 28 39 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 46 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 35 45 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 48 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 35 45 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 40 22 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 31 32 36

Noun

IPA: [β̞ã̠ɰ̃β̞ã̠ɴ] Forms: ワンワン [canonical], わんわん [canonical], wanwan [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeia, reduplication of ワン (wan). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|ワン}} ワン (wan) Head templates: {{ja-noun|わんわん}} ワンワン or わんわん • (wanwan)
  1. (childish) a dog (animal) Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-ワンワン-ja-noun-doRxJiiq Categories (other): Japanese katakana, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Animal sounds, Dogs Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 28 39 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 40 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 31 39 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Dogs: 35 13 52

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ワンワン meaning in Japanese (2.9kB)

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