See もろこし on Wiktionary
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"諸",
"諸#Japanese"
],
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"many",
"many"
],
[
"越",
"越#Japanese"
],
[
"連用形",
"連用形#Japanese"
],
[
"越す",
"越す#Japanese"
],
[
"cross",
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],
[
"over",
"over"
],
[
"kun-reading",
"訓読み#Japanese"
],
[
"on-reading",
"音読み#Japanese"
],
[
"越",
"越#Japanese"
],
[
"百越",
"百越#Chinese"
],
[
"熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)",
"熟字訓#Japanese"
],
[
"Tang",
"Tang"
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"Tang",
"Tang"
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}
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
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"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
{
"form": "唐",
"tags": [
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"kanji"
]
}
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{
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],
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[
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"China"
]
],
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],
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"word": "唐土"
},
{
"word": "唐"
},
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},
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}
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"Baiyue",
"Daijisen",
"Man'yōshū",
"ja:松村明"
],
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}
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"諸",
"諸#Japanese"
],
[
"many",
"many"
],
[
"越",
"越#Japanese"
],
[
"連用形",
"連用形#Japanese"
],
[
"越す",
"越す#Japanese"
],
[
"cross",
"cross"
],
[
"over",
"over"
],
[
"kun-reading",
"訓読み#Japanese"
],
[
"on-reading",
"音読み#Japanese"
],
[
"越",
"越#Japanese"
],
[
"百越",
"百越#Chinese"
],
[
"熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)",
"熟字訓#Japanese"
],
[
"Tang",
"Tang"
],
[
"Tang",
"Tang"
]
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"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
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]
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"_dis": "18 82",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "33 67",
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{
"_dis": "15 85",
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"word": "もろこしきび"
}
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},
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"Daijisen",
"Man'yōshū",
"ja:松村明"
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"蜀黍"
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"訓読み#Japanese"
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"Tang",
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[mo̞ɾo̞ko̞ɕi]"
},
{
"other": "もろこし"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Baiyue",
"Daijisen",
"Man'yōshū",
"ja:松村明"
],
"word": "もろこし"
}
{
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
"redirects": [
"蜀黍"
],
"senses": [
{
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "もろこし"
}
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