じゃんじゃん (janjan)

電話でんわがじゃんじゃん 掛かかってきたな。

We had many phone calls.

じゃんじゃん火（じゃんじゃんび）またはジャンジャン火（ジャンジャンび）は、奈良県各地に伝わる怪火。

"Janjanbi" is a fire of mysterious or suspicious origin which comes down in various regions of Nara Prefecture.

かつてじゃんじゃん火に襲われた武士が刀を振り回し、誤って路傍の地蔵の首を刎ねてしまったのだという。

It is said that when a samurai was attacked by janjanbi, he swung around his sword and mistakenly cut the neck of jizo located by the wayside.

じゃんじゃん火に追いかけられた者が池の中に逃げ込んだものの、火は池の上まで追って来たという話もある。

It is also said the fire balls followed the person to the above of a pond where he went into trying to escape from them.

遠忠が討たれた際に殺された武士たちが大勢で「残念、残念」と言うために「じゃん、じゃん」と聞こえるともいう。

They also say that it sounds 'jan, jan' because the samurai warriors who were killed together with Totada chant in crowds 'zannen, zannen' (it's a shame).

雨の近い夏の夜、十市城の跡に向かって「ほいほい」と声をかけると飛来して、「じゃんじゃん」と音を立てると消える。

The fire ball comes when you call 'hoihoi' to the ruin of Toichi-jo Castle in the night of a summer day when it seems to rain soon, makes a sound 'janjan,' then disappears.

お金がじゃんじゃん入ってくる. Money is coming in hand over fist.電話がじゃんじゃんかかってきている. The phone has been ringing off the hook.「じゃんじゃん」と音を立てることが名の由来。

The name comes from its sound "janjan".