Word Meaning 閑々

かんかん kankan

閑々 is read as かんかん (kankan) and means quietly.

Meaning

English

  1. quietly
  2. self-composed

Reading

Kana

かんかん

Romaji

kankan

Writing Variants

  • 閑閑 かんかん kankan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 136721 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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閑静

かんせい

quiet (e.g. neighbourhood)

閑散

かんさん

idle

閑古鳥

かんこどり

cuckoo

閑日月

かんじつげつ

leisure

閑話休題

かんわきゅうだい

getting back to the subject at hand, ...

閑文字

かんもじ

idle words (in a written passage)

閑散期

かんさんき

off period

等閑

とうかん

neglect

農閑期

のうかんき

slack season for farmers

長閑

のどか

mild (weather)

小人閑居して不善をなす

しょうじんかんきょしてふぜんをなす

an idle brain is the devil's shop

小人閑居

しょうじんかんきょ

a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil)