かなん

Japanese

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠nã̠ɴ]

Verb

かなん • (kanan) 

1. Kansai form of かなわない (“unpleasant, unbearable”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of かなん – see the following entries.

【河南】 [proper noun] Henan (a province of China; capital: Zhengzhou) [proper noun] The region south to the Yellow River, China. [proper noun] Kanan (a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] Kanan (neighborhoods in Japan): [proper noun] A neighborhood of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture.

(This term, かなん (kanan), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 家難, 火難, 禍難, 華南.)