Japanese symbol for “bam”
どん
どん
Romaji: don
bang; bam; boom; thud
In Japanese, bam is どん (don).
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Meanings
- adv, adv-to bang; bam; boom; thud; thump; crash
- n noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; noonday gun
- n last round in a game of 12 rounds (hanaf)
- pref precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very
- suf Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san
Written forms: —. Readings: どん、ドン.
Other Japanese words for “bam”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ドスン | ドスン dosun | bam; whomp; thump |
| デュクシ | デュクシ deyukushi | pow (sound of a punch landing); bam; wham |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.