どかん

Japanese

Pronunciation

Adverb

どかん • (dokan) 

  1. (onomatopoeia, often as どかんと) with force or vigor, producing a loud sound; with a bang or thump
  2. (onomatopoeia, often as どかんと) with force or vigor, in great amounts

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of どかん – see the following entry.
【土管】
[noun] clay pipe
(This term, どかん, 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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