大喧嘩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	喧	嘩
おお Grade: 1	げん Jinmeiyō	か Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spellings
大げんか 大ゲンカ

Etymology

From 大(おお) (ō-) + 喧嘩(けんか) (kenka). The kenka changes to genka as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːɡẽ̞ŋka̠]

Noun

大(おお)喧(げん)嘩(か) • (ō-genka) ^{←おほげんくわ (ofo-genkwa)?}

1. great fight