大根

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
こん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From ("big, great") + ("root").

Pronunciation

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Noun

(だい)(こん) (daikon

  1. daikon, a large white variety of radish native to East Asia
  2. (acting) a ham, an actor known for an exaggerated, over-wrought style

(alternative reading hiragana でこん, katakana デコン, rōmaji dekon)

  1. (Kagoshima) daikon

Derived terms

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