bokken

== English == === Etymology === From Japanese 木剣 (ぼっけん, bokken, “wooden sword”), see below. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: bŏk'ən, IPA(key): /ˈbɒk.ən/ Rhymes: -ɒkən === Noun === bokken (plural bokkens or bokken) A wooden katana, used as a training sword. ==== Synonyms ==== bokuto == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔkə(n)/ Hyphenation: bok‧ken Rhymes: -ɔkən === Etymology 1 === From bok +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== bokken (intransitive, uncommon) to buck, said of a quadruped, e.g. a horse: to leap upward while arching its back (intransitive) to react to opposition or adversity grumpily and capriciously, like a crossed spoiled child (transitive, Suriname) to tell off, to scold, to rebuke ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== bokken alternative form of bukken ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== bokken plural of bok == Japanese == === Romanization === bokken Rōmaji transcription of ぼっけん