けん
Meanings
Noun
1. 大声で騒ぐ。
原義・古語
2. 個人間又は少人数の間で相手を屈服させようと、言い争う乃至殴りあうなどして争うこと。
3. 険悪な状態にあること。
比喩的
4. 秩序だたず勢いだけで攻め立てる。
比喩、多くは複合語で
Kanji used
noisy
quarrel
Pitch accent
んか
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Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
quarrel; dispute; argument
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up
to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
in a quarrel, both parties are to blame
good at fighting; usually wins a fight
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo
when kids get in a fight, their parents come to their aid; yelping curs will raise mastiffs
quarrelsome; easy to anger
Examples (16 in total)
Please stop fighting.
Let's talk before fighting.
Fighting won't settle anything.