拳万

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拳 万
げん
Grade: S
まん
Grade: 2
goon kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
拳萬 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

拳(げん) (gen, “fist”) + 万(まん) (man, “ten thousand”); short for 拳(げん)固(こ)で万(まん)回(かい)打(う)つ (genko de man-kai utsu, “to hit ten thousand times with the fist”), means that who broke the promise is hit ten thousand times with the fist.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げんまん [gèńmáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞mːã̠ɴ]

Noun

拳(げん)万(まん) • (genman) ←げんまん (genman)?

  1. pinky swearing (linking little fingers to confirm a promise)

Synonyms

Verb

拳(げん)万(まん)する • (genman suru) ←げんまん (genman)?intransitive suru (stem 拳(げん)万(まん)し (genman shi), past 拳(げん)万(まん)した (genman shita))

  1. to pinky swear

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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