拳万

Japanese

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

Etymology

(げん) (gen, fist) + (まん) (man, ten thousand); short for (げん)()(まん)(かい)() (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) んまん [gèńmáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞mːã̠ɴ]

Noun

(げん)(まん) (genman) げんまん (genman)?

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

Synonyms

Verb

(げん)(まん)する (genman suru) げんまん (genman)?intransitive suru (stem (げん)(まん) (genman shi), past (げん)(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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