けん
Meanings
Noun
1. ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m)
Counter
2. counter used to number the gaps between pillars
Kanji used
interval
Pitch accent
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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)
measure of length corresponding to 6 shaku (approx. 1.82 meters)
roppyakken (type of card game)
wedge-shaped concrete block used to construct walls; square concrete block narrowing at one end
wedge-shaped stone used in stone walls; square stone narrowing at one end