adverb taking the 'to' particle, adverb
Onomatopoeic adverb for a heavy, dull impact or explosion. Often used with と (どんと).
遠くでどんという音がした。
There was a bang in the distance.
太鼓をどんと叩いた。
He struck the drum with a thud.
noun
noon gun; noontime signal gun
Historical term for a cannon fired at noon, used from early Meiji to Taishō periods. Also called 午砲.
See also: 午砲
明治時代には、正午を知らせるどんが鳴らされた。
In the Meiji era, a noon gun was fired to signal midday.
noun
last round (in hanafuda)
Slang used in hanafuda for the final round of a 12-round game.
花札のどんで大逆転した。
I made a big comeback in the last round of hanafuda.
prefix
Prefix emphasizing exactness or completeness. Related to ど (sense 1).
See also: ど
どんぴしゃりの答えだった。
It was a spot-on answer.
Onomatopoeic origin for the sound sense. The noon gun sense derives from the sound of the cannon. The prefix sense is likely an extension of the emphatic use of ど. The suffix sense is a dialectal variant of 殿 (どの) or さん.