What Does Hen Mean In Japanese In Japanese, the word hen, pronounced “hen,” means “strange or weird.” It also has a meaning of “bizarre or unnatural.”
It is an old word that is sometimes used to describe uninhabited places. In ancient times, it was used to describe a place that looked deserted such as an abandoned village.
The word hen has many meanings and is used in various situations. In very formal occasions like the Shinto ritual, then hen can be translated as “different.” Hen means anything that is out of the ordinary or is not normal.
What does chicken mean in Japanese?
When talking about the most popular fowl globally, a hen can be translated as chicken” or “female chicken.
In Japan, there is a unique Kanji (Chinese character) for the word hen. The Kanji means “(small birds having short tails and usually red combs and wattles.).” It is believed that chickens were brought to Japan by the returning Japanese people from their travels or trade.
When talking about chicken in Japan, you must know two ways to call a hen or a rooster in Japanese. The first is a hen which means female chicken, and the second is Kaneko which means male chicken.
How to use chicken in one sentence?
For example, “This hen is different from a normal chicken.” Or you might say, “What a strange chicken!” The word Kaneko has the same meaning as a hen. In other words, there is no difference in using one or the other. And both are used on formal and informal occasions.
Some examples of other languages that use the word “chicken.”
How do you say “hen” in Japanese? Here’s a list of words you may be looking for. Click the comment below to see the English translation.
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“Hen” can be used in place of “you have,” which means to or possess. It can also be replaced by chiisai, which means small. The term kakkou, on the other hand, is an abbreviated form that takes the place of the English word “face.”
Here are some examples:
1. Watashi wa hen ga iru = I have one or two chickens
2. Kono chiisai hen too, i.e., o kudasai = This small chicken; could you please give it a house?
3. Sore wa Kono hen no kakkou desu = That’s the face of this chicken!
4. Ano hen ga samurai desu ne = Your girlfriend has a beautiful appearance.
5. Hen-sama mo ii to omotte imasu ka? = Do you think that hens are also functional?
How to say hen in Japanese?
To say hen in Japanese, you can use the Japanese katakana alphabet. Since the katakana is a syllabary and not an alphabet, it doesn’t have any vowels.
In other words, when using this alphabet to write the phrase hen in Japanese, each vowel has to be added with diacritics. Use this table to know how to read and write the katakana for each syllable.
Examples of words with the meaning of “hen” in
Japanese:
(Hokkei ga tokui nano de, Nihon ni ryuugaku shiteimasu.) = I like playing hockey, so I’m studying abroad in Japan.
Conclusion:
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