こんこん

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こ​んこん [kóꜜǹkòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ŋkõ̞ɴ]

Adverb

こんこん or コンコン • (konkon) 

  1. rap; light knock
  2. (onomatopoeia) the cry of a fox
  3. ahem (clearing of the throat)
  4. snowing

Noun

こんこん or コンコン • (konkon) 

  1. (onomatopoeia, informal) fox
    Synonym: 狐 (kitsune)

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of こんこん – see the following entry.
【滾々】
[adnominal] (of fluids) copiously flowing; actively and continuously flowing
[adnominal] (figurative, by extension) inexhaustible; continuous
[adnominal] jumbled, thoroughly and irretrievably mixed; disordered; in a chaotic state
[adnominal] tumbling, rolling
Alternative spellings
滾滾, 渾々, 渾渾, 混々, 混混, コンコン
(This term, こんこん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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