こんこん

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こんこん [kóꜜǹkòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ŋkõ̞ɴ]

Adverb

こんこん or コンコン • (konkon)  (optionally as こんこんと (konkon to))

  1. (onomatopoeia) rap; light knock
    窓(まど)をコンコンと叩(たた)く ― mado o konkon to tataku ― to tap on a window
  2. (onomatopoeia) the cry of a fox
  3. (onomatopoeia) ahem (clearing of the throat)
  4. (ideophonic) snowing

Noun

こんこん or コンコン • (konkon) 

  1. (onomatopoeia, informal) fox
    Synonym: 狐 (kitsune)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of こんこん – see the following entry.
【滾々】
[adnominal] (of fluids) copiously flowing; actively and continuously flowing
[adnominal] (figurative, by extension) inexhaustible; continuous
[adnominal] jumbled, thoroughly and irretrievably mixed; disordered; in a chaotic state
[adnominal] tumbling, rolling
Alternative spellings
滾滾, 渾々, 渾渾, 混々, 混混, コンコン
(This term, こんこん (konkon), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References

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