Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 果敢(かかん) in Japanese

果敢
Kana Reading
かかん
Romaji
kakan
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    resolute; determined; bold
    Example sentence
    初めから果敢に前へ出て圧倒し、体勢を崩した相手を押し出した。 He resolutely pushed forward from the start, overwhelming and pushing out his off-balance opponent.

Examples of 果敢, かかん in a sentence

Kanji in this word

敢 JLPT 1

12 strokes

daring, brave, bold

On'Yomi: カン

Kun'Yomi: あ.えて, あ.えない, あ.えず

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果 JLPT 3

8 strokes

fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed

On'Yomi: カ

Kun'Yomi: は.たす, はた.す, -は.たす, は.てる, -は.てる, は.て

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