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Meanings of ken in inglés

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Measurement in Japanese architecture; today standardized as 20/11 metres.

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campo visual

The range of vision.

campo visual
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Examples for "kan"
Examples for "kan"
1
The women hastened to unfortunate Fu′-kan and brought her out of the house.
The Bontoc Igorot
2
Montame kan go to Montemoiselle Clerchet; nopody vill vollow her.
Eve and David
3
There is little differentiation of the functions of the ĭn-tug-tu′-kan.
The Bontoc Igorot
4
They looked and saw that the house where Fu′-kan lived was trembling and swaying.
The Bontoc Igorot
5
Kan will form his new cabinet on Tuesday, a DPJ official said.
Reuters

Range of what one can know or understand.

Usage of ken in inglés
1
It seemed a full-blown war somewhere far beyond the ken of humankind.
Stonewielder
2
It isn't finished yet- Ineeda rhyme for Count Rexindo, d'ye ken?
Tuck
3
The heaviest fruit within the ken of the writer weighed 8 lb.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
4
I laughed when I heard it; I didna ken the man then.
Scottish sketches
5
They wasnae there either!' And otherrr excuses o' that ilk, ye ken.
I shall wear midnight
6
Ye ken the room ayont the hall where they keep the coats.
Huntingtower
7
In another part of the room, guests and geisha are playing ken.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second Series
8
First, last-I'vebeen so long in Faerie I hardly ken myself anymore.
The Angel Stone
9
Their source is far above the reach and ken of human apprehension.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
10
He had nothing for her; her hunger lay out of his ken.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 / A Magazine ...
11
She is performing great magics, sorcery of a kind beyond our ken.
The witch queen
12
I ken that I'll need all the surprise I can whip up.
The talisman
13
There is no curriculum that can reckon with them in its ken.
Rolling Stones
14
The Professor, the guide, the raft-are all gone out of my ken.
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
15
I ken whaur's a snawy hawthorn aboon the burn in Swanston Dell.
Greyfriars Bobby
16
You have to deal with yon Scots jarl-andI ken the Scotsmen.
A Sea Queen's Sailing
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