がん

See also: かん and ガン

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of がん – see the following entries.
【丸】2
[affix] round; circular
[noun] a meatball, fishball
[noun] a pill
[proper noun] a surname
【岩】2
[affix] rock
【顔】2
[affix] look; face; expression
[affix] color
【岸】3
[affix] bank; coast; shore
【願】4
[affix] desire; wish
[affix] pray
[noun] a prayer
【雁】J
[noun] wild goose
Alternative spellings
鴈, ガン
【巌】J
[affix] (only found in compounds) a rock, crag, or boulder
【癌】H
[noun] (medicine, oncology, pathology) cancer
[noun] (figurative) cancer
Alternative spelling
ガン
(This term, がん, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as がん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as がん.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 元, 眼, 含, 玩, 頑, 翫, 贋.)

Adverb

がん • (gan) 

  1. (onomatopoeia): evoking the sound made by a bell, or by striking an object: gong, clang, wham, conk, bang
    がんと壁(かべ)にぶつかった。
    Gan to kabe ni butsukatta.
    He hit the wall with a wham.

Yoron

Noun

がん (gan) 

  1. 蟹: crab
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