拳万

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: S
まん
Grade: 2
goon kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
拳萬 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

(げん) (gen, fist) + (まん) (man, ten thousand); short for (げん)()(まん)(かい)() (genko de man-kai utsu, to hit ten thousand times with the fist), means that who broke the promise is hit ten thousand times with the fist.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(げん)(まん) or 拳万(ゲンマン) (genmanげんまん (genman)?

  1. pinky swearing (linking little fingers to confirm a promise)

Synonyms[edit]

Verb[edit]

(げん)(まん)する (genman suruげんまん (genman)?intransitive suru (stem (げん)(まん) (genman shi), past (げん)(まん)した (genman shita))

  1. to pinky swear

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN