See 偉そう on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "偉い",
"2": "えらい",
"3": "そう",
"t1": "great",
"t2": "seemingly"
},
"expansion": "偉(えら)い (erai, “great”) + そう (sō, “seemingly”)",
"name": "ja-compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "偉(えら)い (erai, “great”) + そう (sō, “seemingly”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "偉そう",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうな",
"roman": "erasō na",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"tags": [
"adnominal"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうに",
"roman": "erasō ni",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-na",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうだろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうだろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō daro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうだ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうだ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō da",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうな",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうな",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō na",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうなら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうなら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō nara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうであれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうであれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de are",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうじゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうじゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de wa nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō ja nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうだった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうだった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō datta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de wa nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō ja nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de wa arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō ja arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de wa arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō ja arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō nara (ba)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうだったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうだったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō dattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうだろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうだろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō darō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうに",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうに",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō ni",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "erasōsa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "えらそう",
"infl": "na"
},
"expansion": "偉(えら)そう • (erasō) -na (adnominal 偉(えら)そうな (erasō na), adverbial 偉(えら)そうに (erasō ni))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": ". に",
"attributive": ". な",
"conditional": ". なら（ば）",
"conjunctive": ". で",
"continuative": ". で",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": ". です",
"formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
"formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
"formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
"formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
"formal_past": ". でした",
"hypothetical": ". なら",
"imperative": ". で あれ",
"imperfective": ". だろ",
"informal_negative": ". で は ない",
"informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
"informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
"informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
"informal_past": ". だった",
"kana": "えらそう",
"lemma": "偉そう",
"provisional": ". だったら",
"terminal": ". だ",
"volitional": ". だろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"arrogant, vain, pompous"
],
"id": "en-偉そう-ja-adj-p5MPo88R",
"links": [
[
"arrogant",
"arrogant"
],
[
"vain",
"vain"
],
[
"pompous",
"pompous"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 95",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 91",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 91",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 77",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 92",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 95",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 96",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"self-important"
],
"id": "en-偉そう-ja-adj-aL5OPyJA",
"links": [
[
"self-important",
"self-important"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "えらそー"
},
{
"ipa": "[e̞ɾa̠so̞ː]"
}
],
"word": "偉そう"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese adjectives",
"Japanese compound terms",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
"Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese な-na adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "偉い",
"2": "えらい",
"3": "そう",
"t1": "great",
"t2": "seemingly"
},
"expansion": "偉(えら)い (erai, “great”) + そう (sō, “seemingly”)",
"name": "ja-compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "偉(えら)い (erai, “great”) + そう (sō, “seemingly”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "偉そう",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうな",
"roman": "erasō na",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"tags": [
"adnominal"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうに",
"roman": "erasō ni",
"ruby": [
[
"偉",
"えら"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-na",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうだろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうだろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō daro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうだ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうだ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō da",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうな",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうな",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō na",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうなら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうなら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō nara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうであれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうであれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de are",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうじゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうじゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de wa nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō ja nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうだった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうだった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō datta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de wa nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō ja nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de wa arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō ja arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de wa arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō ja arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō nara (ba)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうだったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうだったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō dattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうだろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうだろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō darō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうに",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうに",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "erasō ni",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "偉そうさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "えらそうさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "erasōsa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "えらそう",
"infl": "na"
},
"expansion": "偉(えら)そう • (erasō) -na (adnominal 偉(えら)そうな (erasō na), adverbial 偉(えら)そうに (erasō ni))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": ". に",
"attributive": ". な",
"conditional": ". なら（ば）",
"conjunctive": ". で",
"continuative": ". で",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": ". です",
"formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
"formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
"formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
"formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
"formal_past": ". でした",
"hypothetical": ". なら",
"imperative": ". で あれ",
"imperfective": ". だろ",
"informal_negative": ". で は ない",
"informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
"informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
"informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
"informal_past": ". だった",
"kana": "えらそう",
"lemma": "偉そう",
"provisional": ". だったら",
"terminal": ". だ",
"volitional": ". だろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"arrogant, vain, pompous"
],
"links": [
[
"arrogant",
"arrogant"
],
[
"vain",
"vain"
],
[
"pompous",
"pompous"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"self-important"
],
"links": [
[
"self-important",
"self-important"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "えらそー"
},
{
"ipa": "[e̞ɾa̠so̞ː]"
}
],
"word": "偉そう"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 偉そう meaning in All languages combined (8.7kB)
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"偉そう"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "偉そう",
"trace": ""
}
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