ぼかん

See also: ぽかん

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
ボカン

Onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bo̞kã̠ɴ]

Interjection

ぼかん or ボカン • (bokan) 

  1. kapow, bam, biff, bonk
Usage notes

Often written in katakana. Similar to ぽかん (pokan), but the softer initial b sound indicates a duller striking sound. Compare English onomatopoeiae bonk / ponk, bong / pong, bing / ping

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ぼかん – see the following entry.
【母艦】
[noun] a mother ship, a tender (watercraft)
[noun] short for 航空母艦 (kōkū bokan, “aircraft carrier”)
(This term, ぼかん (bokan), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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