Ken

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Transitive Verb 1.2.1 Related terms 1.3 Proper Noun 2 Dutch 2.1 Verb 2.1.1 Translations 3 Finnish 3.1 Pronoun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.1.2 Usage notes 4 Japanese romaji 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Derived terms 4.2 See also 4.3 Noun

English

Noun

ken

1. knowledge or perception

Transitive Verb

to ken

1. to know or perceive, understand

Related terms

• kenned
• kenning

Proper Noun

Ken

Name given generally to a male child, short for names like Kenneth , Kendall

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Dutch

Verb

ken

1. first person singular present tense of kennen , to know

Translations

• English: know

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Finnish

Pronoun

ken

1. (interrogative) who
2. (indefinite) whoever

Synonyms

• (who) kuka
• (whoever) kuka tahansa

Usage notes

• Ken is archaic in tone.

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Japanese romaji

Noun

ken (剣, 劍, けん)

1. (obsolete) straight sword

   Note: "ken" is now mostly seen in compounds

Derived terms

• bokken (木剣 , 木劍 , ぼっけん)
• kendō (剣道 , 劍道 , けんどう)
• shinken (心剣 , 心劍 , しんけん)

See also

• bokken (木剣 , 木劍 , ぼっけん)
• daitō (大刀 , だいとう )
• katana (刀, かたな)
• kodachi (小太刀 , こだち)
• saya (鞘, さや)
• shōtō (小刀 , しょうとう)
• tachi (太刀 , たち)
• tantō (短刀 , たんとう)
• tsurugi (剣, 劍, つるぎ)
• wakizashi (脇差 , 脇差し , わきざし)

Noun

ken (鍵, けん)

1. key