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Particle [Japanese]

IPA: [te̞] Forms: te [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} て • (te)
  1. alternative form of the quotative particle って (tte), used after ん (n) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: the quotative particle って (extra: (tte), used after ん (n))
    Sense id: en-て-ja-particle-UjX568SD Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese particles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix [Japanese]

IPA: [te̞] Forms: -te [romanization]
Etymology: From the ren'yōkei of the classical auxiliary verb つ (tsu). Etymology templates: {{ll|ja|連用形|ren'yōkei}} ren'yōkei, {{m|ja|つ|tr=tsu}} つ (tsu) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} て • (-te)
  1. the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.
    simply indicates separate actions or states that occur simultaneously; and
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-0sH0Nyrl
  2. the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.
    indicates actions or states that occur successively; do something and
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-o5vuPmZc
  3. the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.
    indicates reason or cause; because doing something
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-brcR~2sB
  4. the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.
    used as a contrastive conjunction; do something but
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-9ezMajxF
  5. the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.
    indicates method or state
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-SSD8RcCo
  6. the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.
    followed by hojodōshi (subsidiary verbs, corresponding to auxiliary verbs in western languages) such as いる (iru), ある (aru), やる (yaru), くれる (kureru), あげる (ageru), もらう (morau), おく (oku), くる (kuru), いく (iku), etc., to make their complement
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-3iMHJ20v Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 11 12 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 10 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 6 7 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 9 11 11 11
  7. the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.
    used in the form …て…て (… te … te) to show emphasis or repetition
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-JmXfv3yl
  8. the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.
    ては (-te wa) and ても (-te mo) make conditional clauses
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-KoHtvrfg
  9. (women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives
    used to seek opinion or ask a question
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-6Kutoj60
  10. (women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives
    short for てください (-te kudasai) or てくれ (-te kure): makes a light command or request, usually followed by よ (yo) or ね (ne)
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, morpheme Alternative form of: てください (extra: (-te kudasai) or てくれ (-te kure): makes a light command or request, usually followed by よ (yo) or ね (ne))
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-OvVq4RKn Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 11 12 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 10 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 6 7 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 9 11 11 11
  11. (women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives
    short for ている (-te iru)
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, morpheme Alternative form of: ている (extra: -te iru)
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-3eAVtKNN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 11 12 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 10 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 6 7 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 9 11 11 11
  12. (women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives
    short for ている (-te iru)
    indicates the speaker's opinion or judgment; usually followed by よ (yo)
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-て-ja-suffix-QLwyFPvg Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 11 12 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 10 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 6 7 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 9 11 11 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: (de) (alt: allomorph used with -gu/-bu/-mu/-nu (voiced ending) godan verbs)
Etymology number: 2

Syllable [Japanese]

IPA: [te̞] Forms: te [romanization]
Etymology: Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 天 in the cursive sōsho style. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|天}} 天, {{ja-kana-mannyogana-etym}} Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 天 in the cursive sōsho style Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} て • (te)
  1. The hiragana syllable て (te). Its equivalent in katakana is テ (te). It is the nineteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is た行え段 (ta-gyō e-dan, “row ta, section e”). Derived forms: (de)
    Sense id: en-て-ja-syllable-S48qT77z Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 11 12 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 10 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 6 7 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 9 11 11 11 Related terms: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛄲, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛀆, , , 𛀁, , , , ゚, , , , , , , ゙, , 𛅐, 𛄟, , 𛅑, , 𛅒, , , ゝ, ゞ,
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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          "word": "平"
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          "word": "仮"
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          "word": "名"
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          "word": "あ"
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        {
          "word": "ぁ"
        },
        {
          "word": "い"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぃ"
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          "word": "う"
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        {
          "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"
        },
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          "word": "ゟ"
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    }
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        {
          "english": "a big, sweet apple",
          "roman": "ōkikute amai ringo",
          "ruby": [
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              "大",
              "おお"
            ],
            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大きくて甘いリンゴ"
        },
        {
          "english": "The elder sister plays piano and the younger sister sings songs.",
          "roman": "Ane ga piano o hiite imōto ga uta o utau.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "姉",
              "あね"
            ],
            [
              "弾",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "妹",
              "いもうと"
            ],
            [
              "歌",
              "うた"
            ],
            [
              "歌",
              "うた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "姉がピアノを弾いて妹が歌を歌う。"
        }
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        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "simply indicates separate actions or states that occur simultaneously; and"
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        {
          "english": "I went back home and watched TV.",
          "roman": "Ie ni kaette, terebi o mita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "家",
              "いえ"
            ],
            [
              "帰",
              "かえ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "家に帰って、テレビを見た。"
        }
      ],
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        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "indicates actions or states that occur successively; do something and"
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          "and",
          "and"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "I didn't go to school because I caught a cold.",
          "roman": "Kaze o hiite, gakkō o yasunda.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "風",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "邪",
              "ぜ"
            ],
            [
              "引",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "学校",
              "がっこう"
            ],
            [
              "休",
              "やす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "風邪を引いて、学校を休んだ。"
        }
      ],
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        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "indicates reason or cause; because doing something"
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          "ren'yōkei",
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          "because",
          "because"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "見て見ぬふり ― mite minu furi ― saw but pretended not to see → turn a blind eye"
        },
        {
          "english": "to know something but not to tell it",
          "roman": "shitte ite oshienai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "おし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "知っていて教えない"
        }
      ],
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        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "used as a contrastive conjunction; do something but"
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          "but",
          "but"
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
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    },
    {
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        {
          "english": "I spent the day being happy.",
          "roman": "Yorokonde ichinichi o sugoshita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "喜",
              "よろこ"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "いち"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "にち"
            ],
            [
              "過",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "喜んで一日を過ごした。"
        }
      ],
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        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "indicates method or state"
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 11 12 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 10 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 6 7 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 9 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm learning Japanese.",
          "roman": "Nihongo o benkyō shite iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "日",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "勉",
              "べん"
            ],
            [
              "強",
              "きょう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "日本語を勉強している。"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's put on the desk.",
          "roman": "Tsukue no ue ni oite aru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "机",
              "つくえ"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "うえ"
            ],
            [
              "置",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "机の上に置いてある。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "followed by hojodōshi (subsidiary verbs, corresponding to auxiliary verbs in western languages) such as いる (iru), ある (aru), やる (yaru), くれる (kureru), あげる (ageru), もらう (morau), おく (oku), くる (kuru), いく (iku), etc., to make their complement"
      ],
      "id": "en-て-ja-suffix-3iMHJ20v",
      "links": [
        [
          "ren'yōkei",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "hojodōshi",
          "補助動詞#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "いる",
          "いる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ある",
          "ある#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "やる",
          "やる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "くれる",
          "くれる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "あげる",
          "あげる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "もらう",
          "もらう#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "おく",
          "おく#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "くる",
          "くる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "いく",
          "いく#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "used in the form …て…て (… te … te) to show emphasis or repetition"
      ],
      "id": "en-て-ja-suffix-JmXfv3yl",
      "links": [
        [
          "ren'yōkei",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "ては (-te wa) and ても (-te mo) make conditional clauses"
      ],
      "id": "en-て-ja-suffix-KoHtvrfg",
      "links": [
        [
          "ren'yōkei",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ては",
          "ては#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ても",
          "ても#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Have you seen it?",
          "roman": "Mō goran ni natte?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "覧",
              "らん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "もうご覧になって?"
        },
        {
          "english": "Is it OK?",
          "roman": "Yoroshikutte?",
          "text": "よろしくって?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "used to seek opinion or ask a question"
      ],
      "id": "en-て-ja-suffix-6Kutoj60",
      "links": [
        [
          "って",
          "って#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "women's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "used to seek opinion or ask a question"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(-te kudasai) or てくれ (-te kure): makes a light command or request, usually followed by よ (yo) or ね (ne)",
          "word": "てください"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 11 12 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 10 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 6 7 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 9 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Help!",
          "roman": "Tasukete!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "助",
              "たす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "助けて!"
        },
        {
          "english": "Wait a minute.",
          "roman": "chotto matte",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ちょっと待って"
        },
        {
          "english": "Help me someday, okay?",
          "roman": "itsuka, watashi o tasukete ne",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "助",
              "たす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "いつか、私を助けてね"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for てください (-te kudasai) or てくれ (-te kure): makes a light command or request, usually followed by よ (yo) or ね (ne)"
      ],
      "id": "en-て-ja-suffix-OvVq4RKn",
      "links": [
        [
          "って",
          "って#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ください",
          "ください#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "くれ",
          "くれ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "よ",
          "よ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ね",
          "ね#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "women's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for てください (-te kudasai) or てくれ (-te kure): makes a light command or request, usually followed by よ (yo) or ね (ne)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "-te iru",
          "word": "ている"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 11 12 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 10 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Please send me a letter. I'll be waiting.",
          "roman": "O-tegami chōdai ne. Matte te yo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "紙",
              "がみ"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お手紙ちょうだいね。待っててよ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for ている (-te iru)"
      ],
      "id": "en-て-ja-suffix-3eAVtKNN",
      "links": [
        [
          "って",
          "って#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "いる",
          "いる#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "women's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for ている (-te iru)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 11 12 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 6 6 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 10 11 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 6 7 6 5 5 10 5 5 4 9 11 11 11",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for ている (-te iru)",
        "indicates the speaker's opinion or judgment; usually followed by よ (yo)"
      ],
      "id": "en-て-ja-suffix-QLwyFPvg",
      "links": [
        [
          "って",
          "って#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "いる",
          "いる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "よ",
          "よ#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "women's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for ている (-te iru)",
        "indicates the speaker's opinion or judgment; usually followed by よ (yo)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[te̞]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "allomorph used with -gu/-bu/-mu/-nu (voiced ending) godan verbs",
      "roman": "de",
      "word": "で"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Japanese verb conjugation#te form"
  ],
  "word": "て"
}

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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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          "extra": "(tte), used after ん (n)",
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        }
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
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        }
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        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "こまちゃんて言うな――!!\nKoma-chan te iu na――!!\nDon't call me Koma-chan!"
        }
      ],
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        "alternative form of the quotative particle って (tte), used after ん (n)"
      ],
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        [
          "って",
          "って#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ん",
          "ん#Japanese"
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    }
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}
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
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    }
  ],
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      "word": "平"
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    },
    {
      "word": "名"
    },
    {
      "word": "あ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぁ"
    },
    {
      "word": "い"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "う"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゔ"
    },
    {
      "word": "え"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぇ"
    },
    {
      "word": "お"
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    {
      "word": "ぉ"
    },
    {
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    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "が"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "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"
    },
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      "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"
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    {
      "word": "ゟ"
    }
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      ],
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          "て",
          "て#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "テ",
          "テ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "gojūon",
          "gojūon"
        ],
        [
          "行",
          "行#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "段",
          "段#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[te̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "て"
}

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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
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          "english": "a big, sweet apple",
          "roman": "ōkikute amai ringo",
          "ruby": [
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              "大",
              "おお"
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            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
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        {
          "english": "The elder sister plays piano and the younger sister sings songs.",
          "roman": "Ane ga piano o hiite imōto ga uta o utau.",
          "ruby": [
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              "あね"
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            [
              "弾",
              "ひ"
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            [
              "妹",
              "いもうと"
            ],
            [
              "歌",
              "うた"
            ],
            [
              "歌",
              "うた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "姉がピアノを弾いて妹が歌を歌う。"
        }
      ],
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          "roman": "Ie ni kaette, terebi o mita.",
          "ruby": [
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              "いえ"
            ],
            [
              "帰",
              "かえ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "家に帰って、テレビを見た。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "indicates actions or states that occur successively; do something and"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ren'yōkei",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "and",
          "and"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I didn't go to school because I caught a cold.",
          "roman": "Kaze o hiite, gakkō o yasunda.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "風",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "邪",
              "ぜ"
            ],
            [
              "引",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "学校",
              "がっこう"
            ],
            [
              "休",
              "やす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "風邪を引いて、学校を休んだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "indicates reason or cause; because doing something"
      ],
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        [
          "ren'yōkei",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "because",
          "because"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "見て見ぬふり ― mite minu furi ― saw but pretended not to see → turn a blind eye"
        },
        {
          "english": "to know something but not to tell it",
          "roman": "shitte ite oshienai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "おし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "知っていて教えない"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "used as a contrastive conjunction; do something but"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ren'yōkei",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I spent the day being happy.",
          "roman": "Yorokonde ichinichi o sugoshita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "喜",
              "よろこ"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "いち"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "にち"
            ],
            [
              "過",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "喜んで一日を過ごした。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "indicates method or state"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ren'yōkei",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm learning Japanese.",
          "roman": "Nihongo o benkyō shite iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "日",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "勉",
              "べん"
            ],
            [
              "強",
              "きょう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "日本語を勉強している。"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's put on the desk.",
          "roman": "Tsukue no ue ni oite aru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "机",
              "つくえ"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "うえ"
            ],
            [
              "置",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "机の上に置いてある。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "followed by hojodōshi (subsidiary verbs, corresponding to auxiliary verbs in western languages) such as いる (iru), ある (aru), やる (yaru), くれる (kureru), あげる (ageru), もらう (morau), おく (oku), くる (kuru), いく (iku), etc., to make their complement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ren'yōkei",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "hojodōshi",
          "補助動詞#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "いる",
          "いる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ある",
          "ある#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "やる",
          "やる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "くれる",
          "くれる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "あげる",
          "あげる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "もらう",
          "もらう#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "おく",
          "おく#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "くる",
          "くる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "いく",
          "いく#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "used in the form …て…て (… te … te) to show emphasis or repetition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ren'yōkei",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.",
        "ては (-te wa) and ても (-te mo) make conditional clauses"
      ],
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        [
          "ren'yōkei",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ては",
          "ては#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ても",
          "ても#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "Japanese women's speech terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Have you seen it?",
          "roman": "Mō goran ni natte?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "覧",
              "らん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "もうご覧になって?"
        },
        {
          "english": "Is it OK?",
          "roman": "Yoroshikutte?",
          "text": "よろしくって?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "used to seek opinion or ask a question"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "って",
          "って#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "women's speech",
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        "(women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "used to seek opinion or ask a question"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "extra": "(-te kudasai) or てくれ (-te kure): makes a light command or request, usually followed by よ (yo) or ね (ne)",
          "word": "てください"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese women's speech terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Help!",
          "roman": "Tasukete!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "助",
              "たす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "助けて!"
        },
        {
          "english": "Wait a minute.",
          "roman": "chotto matte",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ちょっと待って"
        },
        {
          "english": "Help me someday, okay?",
          "roman": "itsuka, watashi o tasukete ne",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "助",
              "たす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "いつか、私を助けてね"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for てください (-te kudasai) or てくれ (-te kure): makes a light command or request, usually followed by よ (yo) or ね (ne)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "って",
          "って#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ください",
          "ください#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "くれ",
          "くれ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "よ",
          "よ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ね",
          "ね#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "women's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for てください (-te kudasai) or てくれ (-te kure): makes a light command or request, usually followed by よ (yo) or ね (ne)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "-te iru",
          "word": "ている"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese women's speech terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Please send me a letter. I'll be waiting.",
          "roman": "O-tegami chōdai ne. Matte te yo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "紙",
              "がみ"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お手紙ちょうだいね。待っててよ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for ている (-te iru)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "って",
          "って#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "いる",
          "いる#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "women's speech",
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        "(women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for ている (-te iru)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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        "Japanese women's speech terms"
      ],
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        "used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for ている (-te iru)",
        "indicates the speaker's opinion or judgment; usually followed by よ (yo)"
      ],
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        [
          "って",
          "って#Japanese"
        ],
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          "いる",
          "いる#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "よ",
          "よ#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "women's speech",
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        "(women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
        "short for ている (-te iru)",
        "indicates the speaker's opinion or judgment; usually followed by よ (yo)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[te̞]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "alt": "allomorph used with -gu/-bu/-mu/-nu (voiced ending) godan verbs",
      "roman": "de",
      "word": "で"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Japanese verb conjugation#te form"
  ],
  "word": "て"
}

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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "te",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          "ruby": [
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              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "こまちゃんて言うな――!!\nKoma-chan te iu na――!!\nDon't call me Koma-chan!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of the quotative particle って (tte), used after ん (n)"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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}
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