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) or 拳万(ゲンマン) • (genmanげんまん (genman)?

  1. (childish) 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. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN