犬猿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
犬	猿
けん Grade: 1	えん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Literally "dogs and monkeys".

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんえん [kèń'éń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃ẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

犬(けん)猿(えん) • (ken'en) ^{←けんゑん (ken'wen)?}

1. a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs

   犬猿(けんえん)の仲(なか)

   ken'en no naka

   having a particularly poor relationship