Meaning of ken in Japanese

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Definition of ken

けん(ken) 【 件 】

件 Kanji Details

  1. (n) matter; case; item
  2. (ctr) counter for cases, matters, etc.
けん(ken) 【 倹 】

倹 Kanji Details

  1. (n) economizing; thriftiness; prudence; frugality
けん(ken) 【 兼 】

兼 Kanji Details

  1. (conj) cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
けん(ken) 【 券 】

券 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-suf) ticket; coupon; bond; certificate

    この券は２週間有効です。
    This ticket is good for two weeks.

けん(ken) · つるぎ(tsurugi) 【 剣 ·劒 ·劍 】

剣劒劍 Kanji Details

  1. (n) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade

    剣を取る者は皆剣で滅びる。
    All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.

  2. bayonet
  3. swordsmanship
  4. stinger; ovipositor; dart
けん(ken) 【 圏 】

圏 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-suf) sphere; circle; range
  2. (math) category (only in the context of "category theory")
けん(ken) 【 権 】

権 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-suf) authority; right (to do something)

    息子は二人とも王位継承権があると主張した。
    Both sons pretended to the throne.

けん(ken) 【 県 ·縣 】

県縣 Kanji Details

  1. (n) prefecture (of Japan)

    チューリップは、私たちの県の県花です。
    Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.

  2. county (of China)
けん(ken) 【 腱 】

腱 Kanji Details

  1. (n) tendon
けん(ken) 【 乾 】

乾 Kanji Details

  1. (n) qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
けん(ken) 【 堅 】

堅 Kanji Details

  1. (n) strength; solidity; firmness
  2. armour; armor
けん(ken) 【 軒 】

軒 Kanji Details

  1. (suf, ctr) counter for buildings (esp. houses)

    １０軒の家がその火事で焼失した。
    The fire burned down ten houses.

  2. (suf) suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
けん(ken) 【 間 】

間 Kanji Details

  1. (n) 1.818 m (6 shaku)
  2. (ctr) counter used to number the gaps between pillars
けん(ken) 【 鍵 】

鍵 Kanji Details

  1. (n) key (of a piano, etc.)
けん(ken) 【 拳 】

拳 Kanji Details

  1. (n) hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors) →Related words: じゃん拳
けん(ken) 【 見 】

見 Kanji Details

  1. (n) view (of life, etc.); outlook
けん(ken) 【 賢 】

賢 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-na) intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
けん(ken) 【 顕 】

顕 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-na) exposure; clarity
  2. (n) exoteric Buddhism →Related words: 顕教
けん(ken) 【 険 ·嶮 】

険嶮 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-na) steepness; steep place
  2. harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
けん(ken) 【 壎 ·塤 】

壎塤 Kanji Details

  1. (n) xun (ancient Chinese musical instrument resembling a clay ocarina)
げん(gen) · けん(ken) 【 験 】

験 Kanji Details

  1. (n) effect; efficacy
  2. omen

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