See にこにこ on Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "nikoniko shinai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "にこにこせず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "nikoniko sezu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "にこにこします",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "nikoniko shimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "にこにこした",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "nikoniko shita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "にこにこして",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "nikoniko shite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "にこにこすれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "nikoniko sureba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ニコニコ"
},
"expansion": "にこにこする or ニコニコする • (nikoniko suru) suru (stem にこにこし (nikoniko shi), past にこにこした (nikoniko shita))",
"name": "ja-verb-suru"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to smile"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɲ̟iko̞ɲ̟iko̞]"
},
{
"other": "にこにこ"
}
],
"word": "にこにこ"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: optionally as にこにこと (nikoniko to)",
"path": [
"にこにこ"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adverb",
"title": "にこにこ",
"trace": ""
}
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