ケンケン

Japanese

Adverb

ケンケン or けんけん • (kenken) 

1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of a dog barking; bow-wow
   • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 486:

     Qenqen. l, qenqẽto. ケンケン.または、ケンケント（けんけん.または、けんけんと） 犬の吠える形容.

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Synonyms

• ワンワン (wanwan)

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.