滾々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滾	滾
こん Hyōgaiji	こん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
滾滾 渾々 渾渾 混々 混混

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kõ̞ŋkõ̞ɴ]

Adnominal

滾(こん)々(こん) or 滾々(コンコン) • (konkon) 

1. (of fluids) copiously flowing; actively and continuously flowing

   泉(いずみ)に滾々(こんこん)と水(みず)が尽(つ)きない

   izumi ni konkon to mizu ga tsukinai

   inexhaustible water flowing copiously from a spring

2. (figurative, by extension) inexhaustible; continuous
3. jumbled, thoroughly and irretrievably mixed; disordered; in a chaotic state

   Synonym: 渾沌 (konton)

4. tumbling, rolling