うわん
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Japanese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Onomatopoeia for the sound of the wail or shout purportedly made by the spirit.
Noun[edit]
- a woof, a bark (sound made by a dog)
- a disembodied voice that inhabits old, abandoned temples and homes: a kind of yōkai
Usage notes[edit]
The woof sense is more generally rendered as ワンワン (wanwan).
See also[edit]
- うわん (yōkai) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
- Uwan (yōkai) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji reading.
Definitions[edit]
For pronunciation and definitions of うわん – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, うわん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) |