ガン

See also: カン and がん

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gun.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ガ​ン [gáꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

ガン • (gan) 

1. gun, a very portable, short weapon, for hand use

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. The prefix is from the abbreviation of がんがん (gangan).

Noun

ガン • (gan) 

1. (onomatopoeia) thud, the sound of something being hit

Derived terms

• がんがん (gangan)

Prefix

ガン • (gan-) 

1. (slang) (before a verbal noun) Used to intensify a verb.

   ガンギレ

   gan-gire

   to be very angry

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of ガン – see the following entries.

【癌がん】H [noun] (medicine, oncology, pathology) cancer [noun] (figurative) cancer

【雁がん】J [noun] wild goose Alternative spelling 鴈

(This term, ガン, is the katakana spelling of the above terms.)