Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

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Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

かなん (kanan

  1. Kansai form of かなわない (unpleasant, unbearable)

Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of かなん – see the following entries.
河南
[proper noun] Henan (a province of China; capital: Zhengzhou)
[proper noun] The region south to the Yellow River, China.
[proper noun] Kanan (a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
[proper noun] Kanan (neighborhoods in Japan):
[proper noun] A neighborhood of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture.
[proper noun] A neighborhood of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture.
[proper noun] A neighborhood of Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture.
(This term, かなん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 家難, 火難, 禍難, 華南.)