拳闘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拳	闘
けん Grade: S	とう Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
拳鬭 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

拳(けん) (ken, “fist”) + 闘(とう) (tō, “fighting”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんとー [kèńtóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

拳(けん)闘(とう) • (kentō)

(obsolete) Synonym of ボクシング (bokushingu, “boxing”) (the sport of boxing)

Derived terms

拳(けん)闘(とう)家(か) (kentōka)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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