"~" meaning in Japanese

See ~ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Punctuation

Head templates: {{head|ja|punctuation mark}} ~
  1. Indicates the starting point of a range; from.
    Sense id: en-~-ja-punct-~BNAo2f~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. Indicating the lengthening of a pronunciation. Categories (topical): Japanese punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-~-ja-punct-W94eblUK Disambiguation of Japanese punctuation marks: 41 59 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ～ (the fullwidth tilde), 〜 (english: the wave dash)

Download JSON data for ~ meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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      },
      "expansion": "~",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "punct",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates the starting point of a range; from."
      ],
      "id": "en-~-ja-punct-~BNAo2f~",
      "links": [
        [
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          "starting"
        ],
        [
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          "range"
        ],
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Japanese punctuation marks",
          "parents": [
            "Punctuation marks",
            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Symbols",
            "Orthography",
            "Writing",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicating the lengthening of a pronunciation."
      ],
      "id": "en-~-ja-punct-W94eblUK",
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "the fullwidth tilde",
      "word": "～"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the wave dash",
      "word": "〜"
    }
  ],
  "word": "~"
}

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    "Japanese punctuation marks"
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates the starting point of a range; from."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starting",
          "starting"
        ],
        [
          "range",
          "range"
        ],
        [
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          "from"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Indicating the lengthening of a pronunciation."
      ],
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        "punctuation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "the fullwidth tilde",
      "word": "～"
    },
    {
      "english": "the wave dash",
      "word": "〜"
    }
  ],
  "word": "~"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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