らかん

See also: らがん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of らかん – see the following entry.

【羅漢】	[noun](Buddhism, colloquial) Short for 阿羅漢 (arakan): an arhat, Buddhist saint [noun](theater, colloquial) Short for 羅漢台 (rakandai): a low seat behind the stage, the audience member sitting there vaguely resembling an arhat [noun]Misspelling of 罹患 (rikan): contracting an illness

(This term, らかん, is the hiragana spelling of the Sino-Japanese term.)