おじゃん

Japanese

Etymology

御(お) (o-, honorific prefix) + じゃん (jan, “dong”, bell onomatopoeia), alluding to the sound of alarm bells signalling a village fire. Compare English go up in flames and go up in smoke.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おじゃん [òjáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ʑã̠ɴ]

Noun

おじゃん • (ojan) 

1. a falling through before completion (of a project, etc.)