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跫音 (kyouon) Japanese meaning: sound of footsteps | Kotomora

跫きょう音おん

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Meanings

1

sound of footsteps

formal or literary

Formal or literary term for the sound of footsteps; not used in everyday conversation.

夜よるの廊ろう下かに跫きょう音おんが響ひびいた。
The sound of footsteps echoed in the hallway at night.

Kanji

跫sound of footsteps
音sound, noise

Related words

足あし音おと
足音 is the common, everyday word for the sound of footsteps. 跫音 is a formal or literary synonym, rarely used in modern speech.

Etymology

The kanji 跫 means 'footstep sound' and is of uncertain origin; the reading きょうおん is the on'yomi. The word is a literary Sino-Japanese compound.