"ネタ" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "false information",
      "roman": "gaseneta",
      "word": "ガセネタ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "joke based on recent happenings in society",
      "roman": "jiji neta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "時事ネタ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "dirty joke",
      "roman": "shimoneta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下",
          "しも"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "下ネタ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "wank material",
      "roman": "zurineta",
      "word": "ズリネタ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "out of ideas, out of material",
      "roman": "netagire",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "切",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ネタ切れ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "disclosure of plot points",
      "roman": "netabare",
      "word": "ネタバレ: spoiler"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "trademark joke or routine",
      "roman": "mochineta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "持",
          "も"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "持ちネタ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "origin of a joke or parody",
      "roman": "motoneta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "元",
          "もと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "元ネタ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "種",
        "2": "たね",
        "3": "seed"
      },
      "expansion": "種(たね) (tane, “seed”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "",
        "3": "松屋筆記",
        "4": "Matsu-no-ya Writings",
        "tr": "Matsu-no-ya Hikki"
      },
      "expansion": "松屋筆記 (Matsu-no-ya Hikki, “Matsu-no-ya Writings”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "小山田与清",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "小山田与清",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "小山田与清"
      },
      "expansion": "小山田与清",
      "name": "lw"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally a slang word, derived by swapping the syllables of 種(たね) (tane, “seed”).\nFirst attested in the 松屋筆記 (Matsu-no-ya Hikki, “Matsu-no-ya Writings”), a collection of essays by 小山田与清 (Oyamada Tomokiyo, 1783–1847) written over the period of 1818–1845.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ネタ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねた",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neta",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ねた"
      },
      "expansion": "ネタ or ねた • (neta)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "sushi ingredients",
          "roman": "sushi neta",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "寿",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "司",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "寿司ネタ"
        },
        {
          "english": "As you can see, the ingredients on top are so astonishingly generous that the sushi rice is not visible.",
          "ref": "1986, Satō Seiichi, Hakata ajidokoro [Taste of Hakata], page 23",
          "roman": "Nanishiro shari ga mienai hodo no neta no gōkaisa ni odoroku bakari.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "なに"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "豪",
              "ごう"
            ],
            [
              "快",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "驚",
              "おどろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "何しろシャリが見えないほどのネタの豪快さに驚くばかり。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "material or ingredients to make something"
      ],
      "id": "en-ネタ-ja-noun-yFLdYF1-",
      "links": [
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ],
        [
          "ingredients",
          "ingredients"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "たね"
        },
        {
          "english": "for sushi",
          "word": "寿司だね"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 41 3 5 19 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 47 4 7 13 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 47 4 7 14 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 45 4 7 16 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 47 4 7 14 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "at a loss for ideas",
          "roman": "neta ni tsumaru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "詰",
              "つ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ネタに詰まる"
        },
        {
          "english": "Once you have your theme, purpose, or target in mind, start brainstorming ideas and writing.",
          "ref": "2016, Shikida Kenji, Web raitingu no neta dashi nōto [Notes on material for web writing], page 42",
          "roman": "Tēma, mokuteki, tāgetto no sōtei ga dekitara, neta o sagashite raitingu o hajimemashō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "目",
              "もく"
            ],
            [
              "的",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "想",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "探",
              "さが"
            ],
            [
              "始",
              "はじ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "テーマ、目的、ターゲットの想定ができたら、ネタを探してライティングを始めましょう。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ideas for storytelling"
      ],
      "id": "en-ネタ-ja-noun-6~FFdVgZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "ideas",
          "ideas"
        ],
        [
          "storytelling",
          "storytelling"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an integral part of something, essence"
      ],
      "id": "en-ネタ-ja-noun-XynGXz12",
      "links": [
        [
          "essence",
          "essence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "evidence (of a crime)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ネタ-ja-noun-Oqg8v7Ik",
      "links": [
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) evidence (of a crime)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 10 7 5 47 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese katakana",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "motif (of a literary work)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ネタ-ja-noun-D7ybOaPt",
      "links": [
        [
          "motif",
          "motif"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "topic (of a discussion)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ネタ-ja-noun-DtqNQOlN",
      "links": [
        [
          "topic",
          "topic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ネタ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ne̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "ネタ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese back slang",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese katakana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "false information",
      "roman": "gaseneta",
      "word": "ガセネタ"
    },
    {
      "english": "joke based on recent happenings in society",
      "roman": "jiji neta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "時事ネタ"
    },
    {
      "english": "dirty joke",
      "roman": "shimoneta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下",
          "しも"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "下ネタ"
    },
    {
      "english": "wank material",
      "roman": "zurineta",
      "word": "ズリネタ"
    },
    {
      "english": "out of ideas, out of material",
      "roman": "netagire",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "切",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ネタ切れ"
    },
    {
      "english": "disclosure of plot points",
      "roman": "netabare",
      "word": "ネタバレ: spoiler"
    },
    {
      "english": "trademark joke or routine",
      "roman": "mochineta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "持",
          "も"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "持ちネタ"
    },
    {
      "english": "origin of a joke or parody",
      "roman": "motoneta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "元",
          "もと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "元ネタ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "種",
        "2": "たね",
        "3": "seed"
      },
      "expansion": "種(たね) (tane, “seed”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "",
        "3": "松屋筆記",
        "4": "Matsu-no-ya Writings",
        "tr": "Matsu-no-ya Hikki"
      },
      "expansion": "松屋筆記 (Matsu-no-ya Hikki, “Matsu-no-ya Writings”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "小山田与清",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "小山田与清",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "小山田与清"
      },
      "expansion": "小山田与清",
      "name": "lw"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally a slang word, derived by swapping the syllables of 種(たね) (tane, “seed”).\nFirst attested in the 松屋筆記 (Matsu-no-ya Hikki, “Matsu-no-ya Writings”), a collection of essays by 小山田与清 (Oyamada Tomokiyo, 1783–1847) written over the period of 1818–1845.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ネタ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねた",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neta",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ねた"
      },
      "expansion": "ネタ or ねた • (neta)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "sushi ingredients",
          "roman": "sushi neta",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "寿",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "司",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "寿司ネタ"
        },
        {
          "english": "As you can see, the ingredients on top are so astonishingly generous that the sushi rice is not visible.",
          "ref": "1986, Satō Seiichi, Hakata ajidokoro [Taste of Hakata], page 23",
          "roman": "Nanishiro shari ga mienai hodo no neta no gōkaisa ni odoroku bakari.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "なに"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "豪",
              "ごう"
            ],
            [
              "快",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "驚",
              "おどろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "何しろシャリが見えないほどのネタの豪快さに驚くばかり。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "material or ingredients to make something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ],
        [
          "ingredients",
          "ingredients"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "たね"
        },
        {
          "english": "for sushi",
          "word": "寿司だね"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "at a loss for ideas",
          "roman": "neta ni tsumaru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "詰",
              "つ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ネタに詰まる"
        },
        {
          "english": "Once you have your theme, purpose, or target in mind, start brainstorming ideas and writing.",
          "ref": "2016, Shikida Kenji, Web raitingu no neta dashi nōto [Notes on material for web writing], page 42",
          "roman": "Tēma, mokuteki, tāgetto no sōtei ga dekitara, neta o sagashite raitingu o hajimemashō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "目",
              "もく"
            ],
            [
              "的",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "想",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "探",
              "さが"
            ],
            [
              "始",
              "はじ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "テーマ、目的、ターゲットの想定ができたら、ネタを探してライティングを始めましょう。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ideas for storytelling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ideas",
          "ideas"
        ],
        [
          "storytelling",
          "storytelling"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an integral part of something, essence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "essence",
          "essence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "evidence (of a crime)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) evidence (of a crime)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "motif (of a literary work)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "motif",
          "motif"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "topic (of a discussion)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "topic",
          "topic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ネタ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ne̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "ネタ"
}