かんかん – vocab dash

かんかん

Meanings

Na-adjective

Adverb

Adverb taking と

1. extremely angry; furious; enraged (Onomatopoeia)

Adverb

Adverb taking と

2. fiercely (shine); blazingly; intensely (Onomatopoeia)

3. merrily (burn away); red-hot (Onomatopoeia)

4. with a clang (Onomatopoeia)

Other readings

Pitch accent

かんかん

Examples21

部ぶ長ちょうカンカンになって怒おこってたぞ。お前まえ何なにをしたんだよ。

The section chief was really livid. What did you do?

トムはそのことでカンカンだった。

Tom was very angry about that.

トムはまだカンカン？

Is Tom still mad?

奥おくさんがカンカンだぞ。

Your wife is mad at you.

彼かの女じょはかんかんに怒おこった。

She got hot with rage.

彼かれは彼かの女じょのことをカンカンに怒おこっている。

He is in a rage with her.