けんけん

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested from at least the 18th century. There are two theories of the word’s origin: either from 蹴(け)る (keru, “kick, stomp”) via reduplication as 蹴蹴, or onomatopoeic from the sound of foot-falls.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

けんけん • (kenken) 

  1. hopping, jumping on one foot
    Synonym: 片足跳び (kata-ashi tobi)
    けんけん跳(と)ぶ
    kenken tobu
    move by hopping, hop

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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