Japanese

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Kanji in this term
けん
Jinmeiyō

Jinmeiyō

Grade: 2
kan'on kun'yomi

Etymology

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Literally, to buy a fight, from 喧嘩 (kenka, fight) +‎ (o, direct object marker) +‎ 買う (kau, to buy).

Verb

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(けん)()() (kenka o kaugodan (stem (けん)()() (kenka o kai), past (けん)()()った (kenka o katta))

  1. (idiomatic) to take on a fight, to take up the gauntlet

Conjugation

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See also

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