犬猿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
犬 猿
けん
Grade: 1 		えん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Literally "dogs and monkeys".

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) けんえん [kèń'éń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃ẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

犬(けん)猿(えん) • (ken'en) ←けんゑん (ken'wen)?

  1. a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs
    犬猿(けんえん)の仲(なか)
    ken'en no naka
    having a particularly poor relationship
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