うわん
Japanese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Onomatopoeia for the sound of the wail or shout purportedly made by the spirit.
Noun edit
- a woof, a bark (sound made by a dog)
- a disembodied voice that inhabits old, abandoned temples and homes: a kind of yōkai
Usage notes edit
The woof sense is more generally rendered as ワンワン (wanwan).
See also edit
- うわん (yōkai) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
- Uwan (yōkai) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji reading.
Definitions edit
For pronunciation and definitions of うわん – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, うわん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) |