どかん

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adverb

どかん • (dokan) 

  1. (onomatopoeia, often as どかんと) with force or vigor, producing a loud sound; with a bang or thump
  2. (onomatopoeia, often as どかんと) with force or vigor, in great amounts

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of どかん – see the following entry.
【土管】
[noun] clay pipe
(This term, どかん (dokan), 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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