犬猿

Japanese
Kanji in this term
犬 猿
けん
Grade: 1		 えん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Literally "dogs and monkeys".

Noun

犬猿 (hiragana けんえん, rōmaji ken'en, historical hiragana けんゑん)

  1. a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs
    犬 (けん)猿 (えん)の仲 (なか)
    ken'en no naka
    having a particularly poor relationship
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