ワンワン

Japanese
Alternative spelling
わんわん

Etymology

Onomatopoeia, reduplication of ワン (wan).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ワ​ンワン [wáꜜǹwàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝã̠ɰ̃ɰᵝã̠ɴ]

Adverb

ワンワン or わんわん • (wanwan) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of a dog barking: bow-wow
  2. (onomatopoeia) the sound of crying loudly: waa waa

Usage notes

Often, but not always, used with quotative and adverbial particle と (to).

Noun

ワンワン or わんわん • (wanwan) 

  1. (childish) a dog (animal)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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