どん

Also written ドン

Meanings

1. Adverb bang; bam; boom; thud; thump; crash
2. Noun noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; noonday gun See also: 午砲 (ごほう).
3. last round in a game of 12 rounds
4. Prefix precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very See also: 度 (ど).
5. Suffix Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san (southern Kyushu equiv. of -さん) See also: 殿 (どの).

Example sentences

• 演説者はこぶしでテーブルをどんとたたいた。
  The speaker banged the table with his fist.
• 位置について、用意、ドン。
  On your marks, get set, go!
• 若い時は二度ない、どんとやれ、男なーら、人のやれないことをやれ。
  You're only young once. Be a man and take on the world.
• 彼は、げんこつで、テーブルをドンと叩いた。
  He banged on the table with his fist.
• 彼女は拳でテーブルをドンと叩いた。
  She banged the table with her fist.

Words containing どん

• うなどん eel donburi
• どん百姓 (どんびゃくしょう) dirt-poor farmer
• どんじまい tail end

And 1 more.

Word lists

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