らかん

See also: らがん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of らかん – see the following entry.
羅漢
[noun] (Buddhism, colloquial) short for 阿羅漢 (arakan): an arhat, Buddhist saint
[noun] (theater, colloquial) short for 羅漢台 (rakandai): a low seat behind the stage, the audience member sitting there vaguely resembling an arhat
[noun] misspelling of 罹患 (rikan): contracting an illness
(This term, らかん (rakan), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)