犬猿
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 犬 | 猿 |
| けん Grade: 1 |
えん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]Literally "dogs and monkeys".
Noun
[edit]犬猿 • (ken'en) ←けんゑん (ken'wen)?
- a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs
- 犬猿の仲
- ken'en no naka
- having a particularly poor relationship
- 犬猿の仲
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 犬 read as けん
- Japanese terms spelled with 猿 read as えん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms historically spelled with ゑ
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese terms with usage examples