Meaning of kan in Japanese

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Definition of kan

かん(kan) 【 勘 】

勘 Kanji Details

  1. (n) perception; intuition; the sixth sense
かん(kan) 【 缶 ·罐 ·鑵 】

缶罐鑵 Kanji Details

  1. (n) can; tin
かん(kan) 【 艦 】

艦 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-suf) warship
かん(kan) 【 観 】

観 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-suf) look; appearance
  2. spectacle; sight
  3. (Buddh) observation meditation
  4. (n-suf) outlook on ...; view of ...

    これがアメリカ人から見た日本観です。
    This is Japan as Americans see it.

かんむり(kanmuri) · かん(kan) · かむり(kamuri) · かんぶり(kanburi) 【 冠 】

冠 Kanji Details

  1. (n) cap (esp. a traditional cap worn with sokutai or ikan clothing); crown; diadem; coronet →Related words: 衣冠 , 束帯
  2. top kanji radical
  3. first verse of a haikai, etc. →Related words: 俳諧
  4. (adj-t, adv-to) best; peerless; first
みき(miki) · かん(kan) 【 幹 】

幹 Kanji Details

  1. (n) (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
かん(kan) · くだ(kuda) 【 管 】

管 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-suf) pipe; tube

    管から水が吹き出した。
    Water shot from the pipe.

かん(kan) 【 館 】

館 Kanji Details

  1. (n, suf) house; hall; building
かん(kan) 【 寒 】

寒 Kanji Details

  1. (n) midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
かん(kan) 【 巻 】

巻 Kanji Details

  1. (n, ctr) volume (of book); reel (of film)
かん(kan) 【 感 】

感 Kanji Details

  1. (n) feeling; sensation; emotion; admiration; impression
かん(kan) · ひつぎ(hitsugi) 【 棺 ·柩 】

棺柩 Kanji Details

  1. (n) coffin; casket
かん(kan) 【 貫 】

貫 Kanji Details

  1. (n) kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)
  2. kan (obs. unit of currency)
  3. (ctr) pieces of sushi
かん(kan) 【 癇 】

癇 Kanji Details

  1. (n) temper; nerves

    トムの話し方は私の癇にさわる。
    Tom's way of speaking gets on my nerves.

かん(kan) 【 官 】

官 Kanji Details

  1. (n) government service; the bureaucracy
かん(kan) 【 漢 】

漢 Kanji Details

  1. (n) China
  2. Han (majority Chinese ethnic group)
  3. (n-suf) man →Related words: 硬骨漢
かん(kan) 【 完 】

完 Kanji Details

  1. (n) The End (book, film, etc.); Finis
かん(kan) 【 間 】

間 Kanji Details

  1. (n, suf) interval; period of time
  2. among; between; inter-
かん(kan) 【 歓 】

歓 Kanji Details

  1. (n) joy; enjoyment; delight; pleasure
かん(kan) 【 簡 】

簡 Kanji Details

  1. (n) brevity; simplicity
かん(kan) 【 鐶 】

鐶 Kanji Details

  1. (n) ring; link
  2. open spirals of heavy metal wire twisted into a kettle and used to lift it (tea ceremony)
かん(kan) · くわん(kuwan)
  1. (adv, adv-to) ding; chime (sound of a bell or a small gong)
かん(kan) 【 澗 】

澗 Kanji Details

  1. (num) sextillion; 10^36
かん(kan) 【 坎 】

坎 Kanji Details

  1. (n) pit; hole
  2. kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
かん(kan) 【 環 】

環 Kanji Details

  1. (n) ring; band
  2. (math) ring
かん(kan) 【 甲 】

甲 Kanji Details

  1. (n) treble range (in Japanese music); high note
かみ(kami) · かん(kan) · こう(kou) 【 長官 】

長官 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-no) director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief →Related words: 四等官
かん(kan) 【 稈 】

稈 Kanji Details

  1. (n) culm (hollow stem of a grass)
かん(kan) 【 汗 】

汗 Kanji Details

  1. (n) khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe) →Related words: ハン
かん(kan) 【 奸 ·姦 】

奸姦 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-na) cunning and wickedness; cunning, wicked person
かん(kan) 【 寛 】

寛 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-na) lenient; gentle
かん(kan) 【 燗 】

燗 Kanji Details

  1. (n) warming up sake; warmed sake
かん(kan) 【 竿 】

竿 Kanji Details

  1. (suf, ctr) counter for poles, rods, etc.
かん(kan) 【 閑 】

閑 Kanji Details

  1. (n) spare time; free time; leisure
かん(kan) 【 疳 】

疳 Kanji Details

  1. (n) (in Chinese medicine) infantile neurosis characterized by crying at night and convulsions
  2. temper; nerves →Related words: 癇
かん(kan) 【 刊 】

刊 Kanji Details

  1. (suf) publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)

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