WORD DETAIL
円墳
えんぷん
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
円墳(えんぷん)combines円, roundness, with墳, a tomb. - Basic usage: It names a round burial mound and appears in accounts of discoveries or descriptions of its structure.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Shape and size
円墳classifies the mound by shape.小さなseparately adds its size in the first example.
- The compound's sound
- In this word,
墳is pronouncedぷん.
- In this word,

