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やん
Noun, used as a suffix, See ちゃん
1. suffix for familiar person
Particle, at sentence end, Dialect: Kansai-ben
2. indicates emphasis
See やんま, Archaism, Abbreviation
3. prostitute
「そうそう。せめて2階にも増やして欲しい・・・ってなんでお前がここにいる!?」「なんでって、そんなん決まってるやんか。一緒に連れションするためや」
止む, 已む, 罷む, やむ
Conjugated: やん...
Godan verb, Intransitive
to cease, to stop, to be over
雨がやみさえすればいいのになあ。
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ヤン
May take 'no'
1. young
2. youth, young person
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病む, やむ
Conjugated: やん...
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to fall ill
Transitive
2. to suffer from (e.g. a disease), to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
彼女は痛風を病んでいる。
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山原, やんばる
mountain areas of Kunigami County in Northern Okinawa
ヤンキー
Colloquialism
1. delinquent (youth), delinquency
2. Yankee
警官がヤンキーに足を撃たれた。
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やん
Auxiliary verb
to be
ヤン, ヤンしゃ
See ヤンキー・2, Abbreviation, Slang
low-riding vehicle usually containing a powerful speaker system and owned by a juvenile delinquent, pimped-out ride
やん, 蜻蜒, 蜻蜓, ヤンマ
Usually in kana
1. darner (any dragonfly of family Aeshnidae), devil's darning needle
2. dragonfly (esp. a large one)
ヤンマがすいすいと水の上を進んでいた。
やん
Suffix, See やんか, indicates emphasis, etc. Rougher version of やんか, Dialect: Osaka-ben
isn't it, right?, you know?
やん, やん, やーんぴ
Expression, Children's language, Dialect: Osaka-ben
1. I quit!, I'm out!, declaring one quits, mainly used in children's games
Counter
2. nth person to quit a game
ヤンガージェネレーション, ヤンガー・ジェネレーション
younger generation
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柔んわり, やんわり
Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Takes suru
softly, mildly, gently, politely
洋車, ヤンチョ
See 人力車
rickshaw
両班, ヤンバン, リャンバン
historical term
yangban (traditional ruling class of Korea during the Joseon dynasty)
ヤング案, ヤングあん
See ドーズ案
Young Plan
ヤング率, ヤングりつ
Young's modulus
ヤンパパ
See ヤンママ, ヤン is from ヤンキー or ヤング
young father
ヤンゴン, 蘭貢, ラングーン
Usually in kana
Yangon (Myanmar), Rangoon
ヤンデレ, やんでれ
Noun or verb acting prenominally, Slang, from 病む and デレデレ
person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
ヤンニョム, 薬念, ヤンニョン
Food term, Usually in kana
Korean spice mix
ヤングミセス, ヤング・ミセス
young married woman
やんぬるかな, 已んぬる哉
Expression, Usually in kana
I give up
ヤングラ市場, ヤングラいちば
young underground market (the underground economy in goods and services, involving lots of barter and buying and selling of secondhand goods)
やんごとない, 止ん事無い, 止ん事ない
Usually in kana
high class, esteemed, cherished
ヤングスター, ヤングスタ
youngster
ヤンキー座り, ヤンキー座, ヤンキーすわり, ヤンキーずわり
Takes suru, See ヤンキー・1
squatting (usu. with elbows on knees)
やん
Expression, Particle, indicates emphasis, etc., Dialect: Kansai-ben
isn't it, right?, you know?
やんちゃ坊主, やんちゃぼうず
rascal, mischievous kid, naughty child
やん
Interjection, See よいやよいや
1. hooray!, cheers!, bravo!
May take 'no', Adverb taking the 'to' particle
2. loud (e.g. applause), enthusiastic, tumultuous
彼の名演技に観客はやんやの喝采を送った。
ヤン
lamenting
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やん
Archaism
prostitute
やんちゃ, やんちゃん
NA-adjective
1. naughty, mischievous
2. rascal, naughty kid
彼は少年時代はとてもやんちゃだった。