うわん

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟β̞ã̠ɴ]

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia for the sound of the wail or shout purportedly made by the spirit.

Noun

うわん or ウワン • (uwan) 

1. a woof, a bark (sound made by a dog)
2. a disembodied voice that inhabits old, abandoned temples and homes: a kind of yōkai

Usage notes

The woof sense is more generally rendered as ワンワン (wanwan).

See also

• うわん (yōkai) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Uwan (yōkai) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Kanji reading.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of うわん – see the following entry.

【右腕】 [noun] [from 1921] right arm [noun] [from 1920s] right-handedness

(This term, うわん (uwan), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)