Den

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Japanese for electricity (also denki). Here is the Kanji:

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         #     #     #  
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               #        ##
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The top half of this kana represents rain (ame) as rain falling from a cloud. The bottom half is the prototype of lightning. This character can still occasionally mean lightining, but is usually used nowadays to refer to electricity.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:59:09

Den (?), n. [AS. denn; perh. akin to G. tenne floor, thrashing floor, and to AS. denu valley.]

1.

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.

2.

A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice.

"Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals."

Addison.

3.

Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone.

[Colloq.]

4. [AS. denu.]

A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.

[Old Eng. & Scotch]

Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.


Den, v. i.

To live in, or as in, a den.

The sluggish salvages that den below. G. Fletcher.

 

© Webster 1913.

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