けんけん
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested from at least the 18th century. There are two theories of the word’s origin: either from 蹴る (keru, “kick, stomp”) via reduplication as 蹴蹴, or onomatopoeic from the sound of foot-falls.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN