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Bakana is Japanese for impossible or also used to highlight the ridiculousness of a situation. Bakana is frequently used in Anime and Manga.
Villain: Launches "sure to kill technique".
Hero: Dust Clears and hero is still standing. Usually makes snarky comment "that all ya got"
Villain: Bakana how are you still alive.
Bakana by QuellcristFalconer November 6, 2011
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An hebrew word that literally means "in the small sense", and is refered to something that is not interesting or not significant enough to talk about. Commonly used as response to anything not important enough to respond, or not having a better response :o).
Q: Hey mate, you look exausted, did get much sleep last night?
A: No sleep at all actually, but baktana. I'll be allright.

Q: Hey dude, what's with this horrible weather?
A: Baktana.
baktana by GabShala August 24, 2005
Well. Anyone reading this must be feeling a slightly unsettling mixture of shock and idiocracy. What is this strange word with no resemblance to anything in particular doing with a definition? The confusion stops here. For anyone who is confused and upset at the mysteries and the origins of this word. Let this information be known now. This word can stand for anything at anytime whenever one has forgotten a certain term or phrase, has trouble explaining something, and or is lazy to actually explain something, or in some cases just is downright upset at the moment and no other word can explain the emotion better. Bakana, can be substituted for anything in any sentence in any situation. You know how many times people use swear words to substitute for direct terms because they're lazy? Well, Bakana, can be used in the same way. Only, its softer and marginally ridiculous.

*.* This word is my complete invention and is a large consumer of my present vocabulary. How happy I am to share it with you!
--There's no toilet in here?

--What the bakana?!?

--See, I wanted to do that, but his damn bakana was just all over the place!

--What the hell am I gonna do with that bakana?

--I don't have time for you and your bakana!

There are just endless options. You can make it as cool as you want (if that's possible) or as lame.

Indulge in the freedom of bakana!
Bakana by BoBaBakana September 6, 2010
This word is of the Kalabari dialect of Ijaw language in the Niger delta region of Southern Nigeria.
A compound word meaning to kill and maneuver the kill to a secret hidden place.

Its etymology is -- Ba (Kill), Kana (Maneuver). The word is given as a name to one of the Kalabari Kingdom villages just 8 minutes away from the city of Port Harcourt by speedboat.
Tomini ma BaKana -- Kill the people and secretly move their body to a hidden location.
BAKANA by Tralapuye February 8, 2023