かたん

See also: かだん, がたん, and がだん

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adverb

かたん or カタン • (katan)  (optionally as かたんと (katan to))

  1. (onomatopoeia) with a clatter

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of かたん – see the following entries.
【加担】
[noun] participation (usually in a bad thing); complicity, conspiracy
[verb] to support, participate in, have a hand in, be complicit in
Alternative spelling
荷担
【下端】
[noun] lower end, bottom edge
(This term, かたん (katan), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

References

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