がん
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. wild goose
Pitch accent
が
ん
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
ganmodoki; fried tofu fritter made with vegetables
head (of a Japanese pipe, i.e. the bowl and shank); neck; head
(bind) firmly
head (of a Japanese pipe, i.e. the bowl and shank); neck; head
to sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting
the flight formation of geese; lining up shoulder to shoulder like flying geese; leading out
Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor); tampala
flying goose
kanji "cliff" radical (radical 27)
bustard (esp. the great bustard, Otis tarda)
greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
snow goose (Chen caerulescens); blue goose
solitary wild goose (i.e. separated from its flock, esp. flying)
area below the pectoral muscle
eastern greylag goose (aquatic bird, Anser anser)
Canada goose (Branta canadensis); Canadian goose
Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis); nene
Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)
ostrich fern; Onoclea orientalis
Anatidae (family of birds including ducks, geese and swans)
swan goose (Anser cygnoides); Chinese goose