ケン
Meanings
Noun
1. ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m)
Counter
2. counter used to number the gaps between pillars
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
two ken (approx. 3.6m)
ceaselessness; incessancy; the Avici hell
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
large hanging paper lantern
number of ken (in length or breadth)
monastic life
measure of length corresponding to 6 shaku (approx. 1.82 meters)
roppyakken (type of card game)
wedge-shaped stone used in stone walls; square stone narrowing at one end
wedge-shaped concrete block used to construct walls; square concrete block narrowing at one end