"が" meaning in All languages combined

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Particle [Japanese]

Forms: ga [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Japonic *-nka. Compare Korean 가 (-ga) (possibly borrowed from Japanese into Korean). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*-nka}} Proto-Japonic *-nka, {{cog|ko|-가}} Korean 가 (-ga) Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} が • (ga)
  1. Indicates the subject of a sentence.
    Sense id: en-が-ja-particle-1Zu1spwC Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 42 3 5 24 21 5
  2. (formal) conjunction ("but") Tags: formal Synonyms: けれども
    Sense id: en-が-ja-particle-8qtH3RZ9
  3. (formal) Used to introduce a new topic into the discussion. Tags: formal Synonyms: けれども
    Sense id: en-が-ja-particle-zQoeknLV
  4. (literary or Kagoshima) possessive used to connect nouns, most often seen in place names as ヶ.
    Sense id: en-が-ja-particle-V6XdabH0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Kagoshima Japanese, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 27 3 8 36 18 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 4 8 35 21 8 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 23 5 4 44 24
  5. Used after interjected nouns to express contempt.
    Sense id: en-が-ja-particle-583Au9TJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: (ga) [literary, possessive] Related terms: ぎゃ (gya), (wa)
Etymology number: 2

Syllable [Japanese]

IPA: [ɡa̠], [ŋa̠] Forms: ga [romanization]
Etymology: The hiragana character か (ka) with a dakuten (゛). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|か|tr=ka}} か (ka), {{m|ja|゛}} ゛, {{Hira-dakuten|か|ka}} The hiragana character か (ka) with a dakuten (゛). Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} が • (ga)
  1. The hiragana syllable が (ga). Its equivalent in katakana is ガ (ga).
    Sense id: en-が-ja-syllable-I3BJmRVq Related terms: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛄲, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛀆, , , 𛀁, , , , ゚, , , , , , , ゙, , 𛅐, 𛄟, , 𛅑, , 𛅒, , , ゝ, ゞ,
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle [Okinawan]

IPA: /ɡa/ Forms: ga [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Ryukyuan *ga, from Proto-Japonic *-nka (“nominative and genitive case marker”). Cognate with Japanese が (ga). Etymology templates: {{inh|ryu|jpx-ryu-pro|*ga}} Proto-Ryukyuan *ga, {{inh|ryu|jpx-pro|*-nka|t=nominative and genitive case marker}} Proto-Japonic *-nka (“nominative and genitive case marker”), {{cog|ja|が|tr=ga}} Japanese が (ga) Head templates: {{ryu-head|particle}} が (ga)
  1. genitive case marker
    Sense id: en-が-ryu-particle-q-XIh6P3 Categories (other): Okinawan entries with incorrect language header, Okinawan particles, Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Okinawan entries with incorrect language header: 28 28 4 12 9 18 Disambiguation of Okinawan particles: 21 21 5 10 16 27 Disambiguation of Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 26 4 15 9 20
  2. genitive case marker
    Indicates possession: of, -'s
    Sense id: en-が-ryu-particle-Q33JUoCF Categories (other): Okinawan entries with incorrect language header, Okinawan particles, Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Okinawan entries with incorrect language header: 28 28 4 12 9 18 Disambiguation of Okinawan particles: 21 21 5 10 16 27 Disambiguation of Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 26 4 15 9 20
  3. nominative case marker
    Sense id: en-が-ryu-particle-H2ISpwrA
  4. nominative case marker
    Indicates the subject of a sentence.
    Sense id: en-が-ryu-particle-MUpyaLAJ Categories (other): Okinawan entries with incorrect language header, Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Okinawan entries with incorrect language header: 28 28 4 12 9 18 Disambiguation of Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 26 4 15 9 20
  5. particle indicating purpose/intent; for; to
    Sense id: en-が-ryu-particle-pSst7K1W Categories (other): Okinawan particles Disambiguation of Okinawan particles: 21 21 5 10 16 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle [Okinawan]

IPA: /ɡa/ Forms: ga [romanization]
Etymology: Cognate with Japanese か (ka). Etymology templates: {{cog|ja|か|tr=ka}} Japanese か (ka) Head templates: {{ryu-head|particle}} が (ga)
  1. final interrogative particle, similar to a question mark ("?"). Appear only in wh-questions,but followed by やー can be used in other interrogations.
    Sense id: en-が-ryu-particle-Si82gAJu Categories (other): Okinawan entries with incorrect language header, Okinawan hiragana, Okinawan particles, Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Okinawan entries with incorrect language header: 28 28 4 12 9 18 Disambiguation of Okinawan hiragana: 15 15 13 13 5 39 Disambiguation of Okinawan particles: 21 21 5 10 16 27 Disambiguation of Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 26 4 15 9 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for が meaning in All languages combined (12.9kB)

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        "1": "ja",
        "2": "か",
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      },
      "expansion": "か (ka)",
      "name": "m"
    },
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        "1": "ja",
        "2": "゛"
      },
      "expansion": "゛",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "か",
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      "expansion": "The hiragana character か (ka) with a dakuten (゛).",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "The hiragana character か (ka) with a dakuten (゛).",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    {
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      "links": [
        [
          "が",
          "が#Japanese"
        ],
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          "ガ#Japanese"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "平"
        },
        {
          "word": "仮"
        },
        {
          "word": "名"
        },
        {
          "word": "あ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぁ"
        },
        {
          "word": "い"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "う"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゔ"
        },
        {
          "word": "え"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぇ"
        },
        {
          "word": "お"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぉ"
        },
        {
          "word": "か"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゕ"
        },
        {
          "word": "が"
        },
        {
          "word": "き"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "く"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "け"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゖ"
        },
        {
          "word": "げ"
        },
        {
          "word": "こ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄲"
        },
        {
          "word": "ご"
        },
        {
          "word": "さ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ざ"
        },
        {
          "word": "し"
        },
        {
          "word": "じ"
        },
        {
          "word": "す"
        },
        {
          "word": "ず"
        },
        {
          "word": "せ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぜ"
        },
        {
          "word": "そ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぞ"
        },
        {
          "word": "た"
        },
        {
          "word": "だ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ち"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぢ"
        },
        {
          "word": "つ"
        },
        {
          "word": "っ"
        },
        {
          "word": "づ"
        },
        {
          "word": "て"
        },
        {
          "word": "で"
        },
        {
          "word": "と"
        },
        {
          "word": "ど"
        },
        {
          "word": "な"
        },
        {
          "word": "に"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぬ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ね"
        },
        {
          "word": "の"
        },
        {
          "word": "は"
        },
        {
          "word": "ば"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぱ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ひ"
        },
        {
          "word": "び"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぴ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ふ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぶ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "へ"
        },
        {
          "word": "べ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぺ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ほ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぼ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぽ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ま"
        },
        {
          "word": "み"
        },
        {
          "word": "む"
        },
        {
          "word": "め"
        },
        {
          "word": "も"
        },
        {
          "word": "や"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀆"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゆ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀁"
        },
        {
          "word": "よ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ょ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ら"
        },
        {
          "word": "゚"
        },
        {
          "word": "り"
        },
        {
          "word": "る"
        },
        {
          "word": "れ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ろ"
        },
        {
          "word": "わ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "゙"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅐"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄟"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゑ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅑"
        },
        {
          "word": "を"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅒"
        },
        {
          "word": "ん"
        },
        {
          "word": "ー"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゝ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゞ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゟ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡa̠]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "が"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*-nka"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *-nka",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "-가"
      },
      "expansion": "Korean 가 (-ga)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Japonic *-nka. Compare Korean 가 (-ga) (possibly borrowed from Japanese into Korean).",
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      "form": "ga",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "ぎゃ"
    },
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      "word": "は"
    }
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  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 3 5 24 21 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The cat [is the thing that] ate the cat food.",
          "roman": "Neko ga esa o tabeta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "猫",
              "ねこ"
            ],
            [
              "餌",
              "えさ"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "猫が餌を食べた。"
        },
        {
          "english": "There is a dog.",
          "roman": "Inu ga iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "犬",
              "いぬ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "犬がいる。"
        },
        {
          "english": "There is a tree.",
          "roman": "Ki ga aru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "木",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "木がある。"
        },
        {
          "english": "The love letter whose destination is you, where should I post it that it may reach you?",
          "ref": "2012, “空想少女への恋手紙 [Love Letters to an Imaginary Girl]”, まらしぃ (Marasy) (lyrics)",
          "roman": "atesaki ga kimi no rabu retā wa doko ni daseba todoku no ka na",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "宛先",
              "あてさき"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "届",
              "とど"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "宛先が君のラブレターは どこに出せば届くのかな"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates the subject of a sentence."
      ],
      "id": "en-が-ja-particle-1Zu1spwC",
      "links": [
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I like dogs but I hate cats.",
          "roman": "Inu wa suki da ga, neko wa kirai da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "犬",
              "いぬ"
            ],
            [
              "好",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "猫",
              "ねこ"
            ],
            [
              "嫌",
              "きら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "犬は好きだが、猫は嫌いだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conjunction (\"but\")"
      ],
      "id": "en-が-ja-particle-8qtH3RZ9",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) conjunction (\"but\")"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "けれども"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "About that thing from yesterday; […]",
          "ref": "先日の件ですが、[…]",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "先日",
              "せんじつ"
            ],
            [
              "件",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "senjitsu no ken desu ga, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to introduce a new topic into the discussion."
      ],
      "id": "en-が-ja-particle-zQoeknLV",
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        "(formal) Used to introduce a new topic into the discussion."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "けれども"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kagoshima Japanese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 3 8 36 18 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 4 8 35 21 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 5 4 44 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "our [collective] heart",
          "roman": "wareware ga kokoro",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "我",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "心",
              "こころ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "我々が心"
        },
        {
          "english": "Fuji View Hill",
          "roman": "Fujimigaoka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "富",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "士",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "丘",
              "おか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "富士見ヶ丘"
        },
        {
          "english": "Gateway Plains (site of the Battle of Sekigahara)",
          "roman": "Sekigahara",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "関",
              "せき"
            ],
            [
              "原",
              "はら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "関ヶ原"
        },
        {
          "english": "father's (Kagoshima dialect)",
          "roman": "oyagga",
          "text": "おやっが",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "brother's (Kagoshima dialect)",
          "roman": "anyoga",
          "text": "あにょが",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "possessive used to connect nouns, most often seen in place names as ヶ."
      ],
      "id": "en-が-ja-particle-V6XdabH0",
      "links": [
        [
          "ヶ",
          "ヶ#Japanese"
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      ],
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        "(literary or Kagoshima) possessive used to connect nouns, most often seen in place names as ヶ."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You piece of shit!",
          "roman": "Kono kuso ga!",
          "text": "このくそが!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used after interjected nouns to express contempt."
      ],
      "id": "en-が-ja-particle-583Au9TJ"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ga",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ヶ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "が"
}

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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "28 28 4 12 9 18",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "name": "Okinawan particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 4 15 9 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive case marker"
      ],
      "id": "en-が-ryu-particle-q-XIh6P3"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 4 12 9 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Okinawan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 5 10 16 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Okinawan particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 4 15 9 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His book",
          "ref": "彼(あり)が書物(しむち)",
          "text": "ari-ga shimuchi",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive case marker",
        "Indicates possession: of, -'s"
      ],
      "id": "en-が-ryu-particle-Q33JUoCF",
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "-'s",
          "-'s"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nominative case marker"
      ],
      "id": "en-が-ryu-particle-H2ISpwrA"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 4 12 9 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Okinawan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 4 15 9 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He came.",
          "roman": "Ari-ga chan.",
          "text": "彼(あり)が来(ち)ゃん。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The students go to school every day.",
          "roman": "Gakusō-ga mēnachi gakkō-nkai ichabīn.",
          "text": "学生(がくそー)が毎日(めーなち)学校(がっこー)んかい行(い)ちゃびーん。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nominative case marker",
        "Indicates the subject of a sentence."
      ],
      "id": "en-が-ryu-particle-MUpyaLAJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 5 10 16 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Okinawan particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I will go (to) catch a fish.",
          "roman": "Iyu tui-ga ichun.",
          "text": "魚(いゆ)取(とぅ)いが行(い)ちゅん。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "particle indicating purpose/intent; for; to"
      ],
      "id": "en-が-ryu-particle-pSst7K1W",
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "が"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "か",
        "tr": "ka"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese か (ka)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Japanese か (ka).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "が (ga)",
      "name": "ryu-head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ryu",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 4 12 9 18",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 13 13 5 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Okinawan hiragana",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 5 10 16 27",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 4 15 9 20",
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          "name": "Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What did you do today?",
          "roman": "Chū-ya nū sabitaga?",
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "final interrogative particle, similar to a question mark (\"?\"). Appear only in wh-questions,but followed by やー can be used in other interrogations."
      ],
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        [
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          "?"
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          "やー",
          "やー"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡa/"
    }
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  "word": "が"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese syllables",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "か",
        "tr": "ka"
      },
      "expansion": "か (ka)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "゛"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "か",
        "2": "ka"
      },
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      "name": "Hira-dakuten"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "The hiragana character か (ka) with a dakuten (゛).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syllable"
      },
      "expansion": "が • (ga)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "syllable",
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      "word": "平"
    },
    {
      "word": "仮"
    },
    {
      "word": "名"
    },
    {
      "word": "あ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぁ"
    },
    {
      "word": "い"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "う"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゔ"
    },
    {
      "word": "え"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぇ"
    },
    {
      "word": "お"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぉ"
    },
    {
      "word": "か"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゕ"
    },
    {
      "word": "が"
    },
    {
      "word": "き"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "く"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "け"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゖ"
    },
    {
      "word": "げ"
    },
    {
      "word": "こ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄲"
    },
    {
      "word": "ご"
    },
    {
      "word": "さ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ざ"
    },
    {
      "word": "し"
    },
    {
      "word": "じ"
    },
    {
      "word": "す"
    },
    {
      "word": "ず"
    },
    {
      "word": "せ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぜ"
    },
    {
      "word": "そ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "た"
    },
    {
      "word": "だ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ち"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぢ"
    },
    {
      "word": "つ"
    },
    {
      "word": "っ"
    },
    {
      "word": "づ"
    },
    {
      "word": "て"
    },
    {
      "word": "で"
    },
    {
      "word": "と"
    },
    {
      "word": "ど"
    },
    {
      "word": "な"
    },
    {
      "word": "に"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぬ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ね"
    },
    {
      "word": "の"
    },
    {
      "word": "は"
    },
    {
      "word": "ば"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぱ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ひ"
    },
    {
      "word": "び"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぴ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ふ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぶ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぷ"
    },
    {
      "word": "へ"
    },
    {
      "word": "べ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぺ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ほ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぽ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ま"
    },
    {
      "word": "み"
    },
    {
      "word": "む"
    },
    {
      "word": "め"
    },
    {
      "word": "も"
    },
    {
      "word": "や"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀆"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゆ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀁"
    },
    {
      "word": "よ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ょ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ら"
    },
    {
      "word": "゚"
    },
    {
      "word": "り"
    },
    {
      "word": "る"
    },
    {
      "word": "れ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ろ"
    },
    {
      "word": "わ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "゙"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅐"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄟"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゑ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅑"
    },
    {
      "word": "を"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅒"
    },
    {
      "word": "ん"
    },
    {
      "word": "ー"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゟ"
    }
  ],
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        "The hiragana syllable が (ga). Its equivalent in katakana is ガ (ga)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "が",
          "が#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ガ",
          "ガ#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡa̠]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "が"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*-nka"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *-nka",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "-가"
      },
      "expansion": "Korean 가 (-ga)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Japonic *-nka. Compare Korean 가 (-ga) (possibly borrowed from Japanese into Korean).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "が • (ga)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "gya",
      "word": "ぎゃ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wa",
      "word": "は"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The cat [is the thing that] ate the cat food.",
          "roman": "Neko ga esa o tabeta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "猫",
              "ねこ"
            ],
            [
              "餌",
              "えさ"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "猫が餌を食べた。"
        },
        {
          "english": "There is a dog.",
          "roman": "Inu ga iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "犬",
              "いぬ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "犬がいる。"
        },
        {
          "english": "There is a tree.",
          "roman": "Ki ga aru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "木",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "木がある。"
        },
        {
          "english": "The love letter whose destination is you, where should I post it that it may reach you?",
          "ref": "2012, “空想少女への恋手紙 [Love Letters to an Imaginary Girl]”, まらしぃ (Marasy) (lyrics)",
          "roman": "atesaki ga kimi no rabu retā wa doko ni daseba todoku no ka na",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "宛先",
              "あてさき"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "届",
              "とど"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "宛先が君のラブレターは どこに出せば届くのかな"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates the subject of a sentence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese formal terms",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I like dogs but I hate cats.",
          "roman": "Inu wa suki da ga, neko wa kirai da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "犬",
              "いぬ"
            ],
            [
              "好",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "猫",
              "ねこ"
            ],
            [
              "嫌",
              "きら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "犬は好きだが、猫は嫌いだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conjunction (\"but\")"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) conjunction (\"but\")"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "けれども"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese formal terms",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "About that thing from yesterday; […]",
          "ref": "先日の件ですが、[…]",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "先日",
              "せんじつ"
            ],
            [
              "件",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "senjitsu no ken desu ga, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to introduce a new topic into the discussion."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) Used to introduce a new topic into the discussion."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "けれども"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese literary terms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Kagoshima Japanese"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "our [collective] heart",
          "roman": "wareware ga kokoro",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "我",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "心",
              "こころ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "我々が心"
        },
        {
          "english": "Fuji View Hill",
          "roman": "Fujimigaoka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "富",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "士",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "丘",
              "おか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "富士見ヶ丘"
        },
        {
          "english": "Gateway Plains (site of the Battle of Sekigahara)",
          "roman": "Sekigahara",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "関",
              "せき"
            ],
            [
              "原",
              "はら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "関ヶ原"
        },
        {
          "english": "father's (Kagoshima dialect)",
          "roman": "oyagga",
          "text": "おやっが",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "brother's (Kagoshima dialect)",
          "roman": "anyoga",
          "text": "あにょが",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "possessive used to connect nouns, most often seen in place names as ヶ."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ヶ",
          "ヶ#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literary or Kagoshima",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary or Kagoshima) possessive used to connect nouns, most often seen in place names as ヶ."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You piece of shit!",
          "roman": "Kono kuso ga!",
          "text": "このくそが!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used after interjected nouns to express contempt."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ga",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ヶ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "が"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "画",
    "芽",
    "賀",
    "我",
    "牙",
    "瓦",
    "雅",
    "餓",
    "臥",
    "俄",
    "峨",
    "駕",
    "蛾",
    "衙"
  ],
  "word": "が"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Okinawan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Okinawan hiragana",
    "Okinawan lemmas",
    "Okinawan particles",
    "Okinawan terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Okinawan terms derived from Proto-Ryukyuan",
    "Okinawan terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Okinawan terms inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan",
    "Okinawan terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ryu",
        "2": "jpx-ryu-pro",
        "3": "*ga"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Ryukyuan *ga",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ryu",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*-nka",
        "t": "nominative and genitive case marker"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *-nka (“nominative and genitive case marker”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "が",
        "tr": "ga"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese が (ga)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Ryukyuan *ga, from Proto-Japonic *-nka (“nominative and genitive case marker”). Cognate with Japanese が (ga).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "が (ga)",
      "name": "ryu-head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Okinawan",
  "lang_code": "ryu",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "genitive case marker"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Okinawan terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His book",
          "ref": "彼(あり)が書物(しむち)",
          "text": "ari-ga shimuchi",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive case marker",
        "Indicates possession: of, -'s"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "-'s",
          "-'s"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nominative case marker"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Okinawan terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He came.",
          "roman": "Ari-ga chan.",
          "text": "彼(あり)が来(ち)ゃん。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The students go to school every day.",
          "roman": "Gakusō-ga mēnachi gakkō-nkai ichabīn.",
          "text": "学生(がくそー)が毎日(めーなち)学校(がっこー)んかい行(い)ちゃびーん。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nominative case marker",
        "Indicates the subject of a sentence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Okinawan terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I will go (to) catch a fish.",
          "roman": "Iyu tui-ga ichun.",
          "text": "魚(いゆ)取(とぅ)いが行(い)ちゅん。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "particle indicating purpose/intent; for; to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "が"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Okinawan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Okinawan hiragana",
    "Okinawan lemmas",
    "Okinawan particles",
    "Okinawan terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "か",
        "tr": "ka"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese か (ka)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Japanese か (ka).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "が (ga)",
      "name": "ryu-head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Okinawan",
  "lang_code": "ryu",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Okinawan terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What did you do today?",
          "roman": "Chū-ya nū sabitaga?",
          "text": "今日(ちゅー)や何(ぬー)さびたが?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "final interrogative particle, similar to a question mark (\"?\"). Appear only in wh-questions,but followed by やー can be used in other interrogations."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "?",
          "?"
        ],
        [
          "やー",
          "やー"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "が"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "が"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "syllable",
  "title": "が",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "が"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "が",
  "trace": ""
}

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