"冥冥" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Chinese]

IPA: /miŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mɪŋ¹³ mɪŋ¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /miŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/, /mɪŋ¹³ mɪŋ¹³/, /mɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: míngmíng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ming⁵ ming⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ming⁴ ming⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], míngmíng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], míngmíng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], ming²-ming² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], míng-míng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], mingming [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], минмин [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], minmin [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], míhng míhng [Cantonese, Yale], mìhng mìhng [Cantonese, Yale], ming⁵ ming⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ming⁴ ming⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ming⁵ ming⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ming⁴ ming⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], meng meng [Middle-Chinese], /*mˤeŋ mˤeŋ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*meːŋ meːŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 冥冥
  1. (literary, ideophonic) dusky; dark and gloomy Tags: ideophonic, literary
    Sense id: en-冥冥-zh-adj-R-FYyDPt Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 88 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 5 5 Synonyms: (cǎn) [in-compounds, literary], (cǎn) [in-compounds, literary], 慘淡 (cǎndàn), 惨淡 (cǎndàn), 慘白 (cǎnbái), 惨白 (cǎnbái), 昏暗 (hūn'àn), 昏沉 (hūnchén), 昏黑 (hūnhēi), 晦冥 (huìmíng) (english: used both literally and figuratively) [literary], 晦暗 (huì'àn) [literary], 暗淡 (àndàn) (english: used both literally and figuratively), 烏暗 [Hokkien, Teochew], 乌暗 [Hokkien, Teochew], 陰幽 (yīnyōu) [literary], 阴幽 (yīnyōu) [literary], 黑暗 (hēi'àn) Derived forms: 俏冥冥, 冥冥中, 冥冥之中, 冥冥之志, 悄冥冥, 悄悄冥冥, 愁緒冥冥, 愁绪冥冥, 渺渺冥冥, 窈窈冥冥, 窈窕冥冥, 薄暮冥冥, 邈冥冥, 飛鴻冥冥, 飞鸿冥冥, 鴻飛冥冥, 鸿飞冥冥, 鴻飛冥冥,弋人何慕, 鸿飞冥冥,弋人何慕

Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [me̞ːme̞ː]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|めいめい|infl=tari}} 冥(めい)冥(めい) • (meimei) ^†-tari (adnominal 冥(めい)冥(めい)とした (meimei to shita) or 冥(めい)冥(めい)たる (meimei taru), adverbial 冥(めい)冥(めい)と (meimei to) or 冥(めい)冥(めい)として (meimei to shite)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|めいめい|adj-tar}} Forms: 冥冥 [canonical] (ruby: (めい), (めい)), meimei [romanization], 冥冥とした [adnominal] (ruby: (めい), (めい)), 冥冥たる [adnominal] (ruby: (めい), (めい)), 冥冥と [adverbial] (ruby: (めい), (めい)), 冥冥として [adverbial] (ruby: (めい), (めい)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 冥冥たら [irrealis, stem], めいめいたら [irrealis, stem], meimeitara [irrealis], 冥冥と [continuative, stem], 冥冥たり [continuative, stem], めいめいと [continuative, stem], めいめいたり [continuative, stem], meimeito [continuative], meimeitari [continuative], 冥冥たり [stem, terminative], めいめいたり [stem, terminative], meimeitari [terminative], 冥冥たる [attributive, stem], めいめいたる [attributive, stem], meimeitaru [attributive], 冥冥たれ [realis, stem], めいめいたれ [realis, stem], meimeitare [realis], 冥冥たれ [imperative, stem], めいめいたれ [imperative, stem], meimeitare [imperative], 冥冥たらず [negative], めいめいたらず [negative], meimeitarazu [negative], 冥冥たれど [contrastive], めいめいたれど [contrastive], meimeitaredo [contrastive], 冥冥たれば [causative], めいめいたれば [causative], meimeitareba [causative], 冥冥たらば [conditional], めいめいたらば [conditional], meimeitaraba [conditional], 冥冥たりき [past], めいめいたりき [past], meimeitariki [past], 冥冥たりけり [past], めいめいたりけり [past], meimeitarikeri [past], 冥冥と [adverbial], めいめいと [adverbial], meimeito [adverbial]
  1. dark, dim
    Sense id: en-冥冥-ja-adj--hLvSGVn Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 83 17
  2. unclear (situation, prospects)
    Sense id: en-冥冥-ja-adj-Yrk6DH9S Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 52 48
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "俏冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "冥冥中"
        },
        {
          "word": "冥冥之中"
        },
        {
          "word": "冥冥之志"
        },
        {
          "word": "悄冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "悄悄冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "愁緒冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "愁绪冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "渺渺冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "窈窈冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "窈窕冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "薄暮冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "邈冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "飛鴻冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "飞鸿冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "鴻飛冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "鸿飞冥冥"
        },
        {
          "word": "鴻飛冥冥,弋人何慕"
        },
        {
          "word": "鸿飞冥冥,弋人何慕"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Dark in the distance the cuckoo crows Go Go,\nThe narrow path to the temple I dare not seek.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 759 CE, Du Fu, At Dharma Mirror Temple (《法鏡寺》)",
          "roman": "Míngmíng zǐguī jiào, wēijìng bùgǎn qǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "冥冥子規叫,微徑不敢取。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Dark in the distance the cuckoo crows Go Go,\nThe narrow path to the temple I dare not seek.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 759 CE, Du Fu, At Dharma Mirror Temple (《法鏡寺》)",
          "roman": "Míngmíng zǐguī jiào, wēijìng bùgǎn qǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "冥冥子规叫,微径不敢取。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "At twilight it becomes dark and gloomy; the tigers roar and the apes call.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "1046 October 17, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記:",
          "roman": "Bómù míngmíng, hǔxiào yuántí.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "薄暮冥冥,虎嘯猿啼。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "At twilight it becomes dark and gloomy; the tigers roar and the apes call.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "1046 October 17, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記:",
          "roman": "Bómù míngmíng, hǔxiào yuántí.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "薄暮冥冥,虎啸猿啼。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dusky; dark and gloomy"
      ],
      "id": "en-冥冥-zh-adj-R-FYyDPt",
      "links": [
        [
          "dusky",
          "dusky"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "gloomy",
          "gloomy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, ideophonic) dusky; dark and gloomy"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "cǎn",
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "慘"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cǎn",
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "惨"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cǎndàn",
          "word": "慘淡"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cǎndàn",
          "word": "惨淡"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cǎnbái",
          "word": "慘白"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cǎnbái",
          "word": "惨白"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hūn'àn",
          "word": "昏暗"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hūnchén",
          "word": "昏沉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hūnhēi",
          "word": "昏黑"
        },
        {
          "english": "used both literally and figuratively",
          "roman": "huìmíng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "晦冥"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huì'àn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "晦暗"
        },
        {
          "english": "used both literally and figuratively",
          "roman": "àndàn",
          "word": "暗淡"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "烏暗"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "乌暗"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīnyōu",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "陰幽"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīnyōu",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "阴幽"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hēi'àn",
          "word": "黑暗"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ideophonic",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngmíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ ming⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ ming⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngmíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngmíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming²-ming²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míng-míng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mingming"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "минмин"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minmin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míhng míhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìhng mìhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ ming⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ ming⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ ming⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ ming⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ¹³ mɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meng meng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mˤeŋ mˤeŋ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*meːŋ meːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ¹³ mɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mˤeŋ mˤeŋ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*meːŋ meːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "冥冥"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "冥冥",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥とした",
      "roman": "meimei to shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たる",
      "roman": "meimei taru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥と",
      "roman": "meimei to",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥として",
      "roman": "meimei to shite",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥と",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいと",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeito",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitaredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitaraba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitariki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitarikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥と",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいと",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeito",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "めいめい",
        "infl": "tari"
      },
      "expansion": "冥(めい)冥(めい) • (meimei) ^†-tari (adnominal 冥(めい)冥(めい)とした (meimei to shita) or 冥(めい)冥(めい)たる (meimei taru), adverbial 冥(めい)冥(めい)と (meimei to) or 冥(めい)冥(めい)として (meimei to shite))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "めいめい",
        "2": "adj-tar"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dark, dim"
      ],
      "id": "en-冥冥-ja-adj--hLvSGVn",
      "links": [
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "dim",
          "dim"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unclear (situation, prospects)"
      ],
      "id": "en-冥冥-ja-adj-Yrk6DH9S",
      "links": [
        [
          "unclear",
          "unclear"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "めーめー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞ːme̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "冥冥"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "俏冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "冥冥中"
    },
    {
      "word": "冥冥之中"
    },
    {
      "word": "冥冥之志"
    },
    {
      "word": "悄冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "悄悄冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "愁緒冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "愁绪冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "渺渺冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "窈窈冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "窈窕冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "薄暮冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "邈冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "飛鴻冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "飞鸿冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "鴻飛冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "鸿飞冥冥"
    },
    {
      "word": "鴻飛冥冥,弋人何慕"
    },
    {
      "word": "鸿飞冥冥,弋人何慕"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "冥冥",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adjectives",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 冥",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Middle Chinese adjectives",
        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Old Chinese adjectives",
        "Old Chinese lemmas",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Dark in the distance the cuckoo crows Go Go,\nThe narrow path to the temple I dare not seek.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 759 CE, Du Fu, At Dharma Mirror Temple (《法鏡寺》)",
          "roman": "Míngmíng zǐguī jiào, wēijìng bùgǎn qǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "冥冥子規叫,微徑不敢取。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Dark in the distance the cuckoo crows Go Go,\nThe narrow path to the temple I dare not seek.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 759 CE, Du Fu, At Dharma Mirror Temple (《法鏡寺》)",
          "roman": "Míngmíng zǐguī jiào, wēijìng bùgǎn qǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "冥冥子规叫,微径不敢取。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "At twilight it becomes dark and gloomy; the tigers roar and the apes call.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "1046 October 17, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記:",
          "roman": "Bómù míngmíng, hǔxiào yuántí.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "薄暮冥冥,虎嘯猿啼。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "At twilight it becomes dark and gloomy; the tigers roar and the apes call.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "1046 October 17, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記:",
          "roman": "Bómù míngmíng, hǔxiào yuántí.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "薄暮冥冥,虎啸猿啼。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dusky; dark and gloomy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dusky",
          "dusky"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "gloomy",
          "gloomy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, ideophonic) dusky; dark and gloomy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ideophonic",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngmíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ ming⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ ming⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngmíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngmíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming²-ming²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míng-míng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mingming"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "минмин"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minmin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míhng míhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìhng mìhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ ming⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ ming⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ ming⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ ming⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ¹³ mɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meng meng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mˤeŋ mˤeŋ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*meːŋ meːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ¹³ mɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mˤeŋ mˤeŋ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*meːŋ meːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "cǎn",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "慘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎn",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "惨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎndàn",
      "word": "慘淡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎndàn",
      "word": "惨淡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎnbái",
      "word": "慘白"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎnbái",
      "word": "惨白"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hūn'àn",
      "word": "昏暗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hūnchén",
      "word": "昏沉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hūnhēi",
      "word": "昏黑"
    },
    {
      "english": "used both literally and figuratively",
      "roman": "huìmíng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "晦冥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huì'àn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "晦暗"
    },
    {
      "english": "used both literally and figuratively",
      "roman": "àndàn",
      "word": "暗淡"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "烏暗"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "乌暗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnyōu",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "陰幽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnyōu",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "阴幽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hēi'àn",
      "word": "黑暗"
    }
  ],
  "word": "冥冥"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese たり-tari adjectives",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "冥冥",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥とした",
      "roman": "meimei to shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たる",
      "roman": "meimei taru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥と",
      "roman": "meimei to",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥として",
      "roman": "meimei to shite",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "冥",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥と",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいと",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeito",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitaredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitaraba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitariki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥たりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいたりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeitarikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冥冥と",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めいめいと",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meimeito",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "めいめい",
        "infl": "tari"
      },
      "expansion": "冥(めい)冥(めい) • (meimei) ^†-tari (adnominal 冥(めい)冥(めい)とした (meimei to shita) or 冥(めい)冥(めい)たる (meimei taru), adverbial 冥(めい)冥(めい)と (meimei to) or 冥(めい)冥(めい)として (meimei to shite))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "めいめい",
        "2": "adj-tar"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dark, dim"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "dim",
          "dim"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unclear (situation, prospects)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unclear",
          "unclear"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "めーめー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞ːme̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "冥冥"
}

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