See てる on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "てる ichidan",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "-teru",
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"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "て",
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},
{
"form": "てた",
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}
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"pos": "suffix",
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{
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"word": "ている"
}
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"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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{
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{
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"parents": [],
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5,
7
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3,
4
]
],
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2,
4
],
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9,
12
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],
"english": "I am waiting",
"roman": "matteru",
"ruby": [
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"待",
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],
"text": "待ってる",
"translation": "I am waiting",
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"contraction of ている (-te iru)"
],
"id": "en-てる-ja-suffix-VeRgHJxP",
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[
"て",
"て#Japanese"
],
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}
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"照る"
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"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
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{
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"english": "I am waiting",
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],
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"て",
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}
Download raw JSONL data for てる meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)
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"てる"
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