剣幕

Japanese

Kanji in this term
剣 幕
けん
Grade: S 		まく
Grade: 6
kan'on goon
Alternative spellings
劍幕 (kyūjitai)
見幕

Etymology

From a corrupted pronunciation of 険悪(けんあく) (ken'aku, “hostility”), with epenthetic "m". The characters are ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) けんまく [kéꜜǹmàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞mːa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

剣(けん)幕(まく) • (kenmaku) 

  1. a threatening attitude

References

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