款かん

noun

article; clause; section; heading

Used in legal, contractual, or formal documents to refer to a specific article, clause, or section. Not a general word for 'title' or 'heading' in everyday contexts.

• 契けい約やく書しょの第だい3款かんに違い反はんしている。

  It violates Article 3 of the contract.

noun

benevolence; friendly feeling

Rare and archaic; mainly appears in the fixed expression 款を通ずる (to establish friendly relations). Not used independently in modern Japanese.

See also: 款を通ずる (かんをつうずる)

• 両りょう国こくは款かんを通つうじて平へい和わを保たもった。

  The two countries maintained peace by establishing friendly relations.