"夜叉" meaning in All languages combined

See 夜叉 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɛː²² t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ia³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ia³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/, /jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä¹/, /jɛː²² t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/, /ia³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/, /ia³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: yèchā [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], je⁶ caa¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], iā-chhe, yèchā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yècha [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄔㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], yèchå [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yeh⁴-chʻa⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yè-cha [Mandarin, Yale], yeh.cha [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], еча [Mandarin, Palladius], ječa [Mandarin, Palladius], yeh chā [Cantonese, Yale], je⁶ tsaa¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yé⁶ ca¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], iā-chhe [Hokkien, POJ], iā-tshe [Hokkien, Tai-lo], iaxzhef [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], yaeH tsrhae [Middle-Chinese]
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa). Etymology templates: {{bor|zh|sa|यक्ष}} Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 夜叉
  1. (Buddhism) yaksha (a malevolent spirit) Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-夜叉-zh-noun-jIXCjyPz Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 75 22 4 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  2. (by extension) a ferocious and hideous looking person Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-夜叉-zh-noun-NciKL03w
  3. (figurative, humorous, dated) wife Tags: dated, figuratively, humorous
    Sense id: en-夜叉-zh-noun-nVKjyOTW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 藥叉/药叉, 藥叉, 药叉 Derived forms: 夜叉國, 夜叉国, 夜叉婆, 夜叉星, 母夜叉 (mǔyèchā), 笑面夜叉, 魔王夜叉

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ja̠ɕa̠] Forms: 夜叉 [canonical] (ruby: (), (しゃ)), yasha [romanization], yasya [romanization], やしや [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 夜叉 (yæᴴ cha?), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=やしゃ}} Middle Chinese, {{m|zh|夜叉|tr=yæᴴ cha?}} 夜叉 (yæᴴ cha?), {{der|ja|sa|यक्ष|sort=やしゃ}} Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa) Head templates: {{ja-noun|やしゃ|hhira=やしや}} 夜(や)叉(しゃ) • (yasha) ^(←やしや (yasya)?)
  1. yaksha, a broad class of nature spirits or minor deities who appear in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology. May be male or female, benevolent or malevolent.
    Sense id: en-夜叉-ja-noun-Rmoxy1Yi
  2. (Buddhism) in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings”), and guardians of the north Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-夜叉-ja-noun-mAhISkoV Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 73 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 22 76 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 75 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 22 76 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 76 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 76 2 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  3. (figurative) a demon Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-夜叉-ja-noun-zE-CNf7u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 薬叉 (yakusha) (ruby: 薬叉(やくしゃ)) Derived forms: 夜叉五倍子 (yashabushi) (ruby: 夜叉五倍子(ヤシャブシ)) (english: Alnus firma, a type of alder tree), 夜叉竹 (yashadake) (ruby: 夜叉竹(ヤシャダケ)) (english: Semiarundinaria yashadake, a type of bamboo), 夜叉柄杓 (yashabishaku) (ruby: 夜叉柄杓(ヤシャビシャク)) (english: Ribes ambiguum, a type of flowering plant related to currant and gooseberry), 夜叉薇: Osmunda lancea (yashazenmai), the Japanese lancea flowering fern Related terms: 夜叉が馬を見たよう: → an expression of extreme happiness (yasha ga uma o mita yō) (english: like when the yaksha saw the horse), a story of a yaksha who lost his horse

Noun [Korean]

Forms: yacha [romanization], 야차 [hangeul]
Head templates: {{ko-noun|hangeul=야차}} 夜叉 • (yacha) (hangeul 야차)
  1. Hanja form of 야차 (“yaksha”). Tags: alt-of, hanja Alternative form of: 야차 (extra: yaksha)

Noun [Vietnamese]

Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} 夜叉, {{vi-noun|sc=Hani}} 夜叉
  1. chữ Hán form of dạ-xoa (“yaksha”).

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      "zh-pron": "je⁶ caa¹"
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      "zh-pron": "iā-chhe"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
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      "zh-pron": "yècha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄔㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèchå"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴-chʻa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yè-cha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh.cha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "еча"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ječa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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    {
      "ipa": " /jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä¹/",
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "yeh chā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "je⁶ tsaa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yé⁶ ca¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛː²² t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iā-chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iā-tshe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iaxzhef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yaeH tsrhae"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛː²² t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "藥叉/药叉"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "藥叉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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}

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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Buddhism",
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            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 73 1",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "22 76 2",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 75 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 76 2",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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        {
          "_dis": "22 76 2",
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        {
          "_dis": "22 76 2",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings”), and guardians of the north"
      ],
      "id": "en-夜叉-ja-noun-mAhISkoV",
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "yaksha",
          "yaksha"
        ],
        [
          "follower",
          "follower"
        ],
        [
          "毘沙門天",
          "毘沙門天#Japanese"
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        [
          "north",
          "north"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Buddhism) in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings”), and guardians of the north"
      ],
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        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When that girl gets angry, she's a real demon.",
          "roman": "Ano onna no ko wa okoru to masa ni yasha no yō da yo.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "女",
              "おんな"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "怒",
              "おこ"
            ],
            [
              "夜叉",
              "やしゃ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あの女の子は怒るとまさに夜叉のようだよ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a demon"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) a demon"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "やしゃ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        [
          "薬叉",
          "やくしゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "薬叉"
    }
  ],
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    "Yaksha",
    "ja:夜叉",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "夜叉"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yacha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "야차",
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "hangeul": "야차"
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      "expansion": "夜叉 • (yacha) (hangeul 야차)",
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    }
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          "extra": "yaksha",
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        }
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        "Hanja form of 야차 (“yaksha”)."
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        [
          "Hanja",
          "hanja#English"
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        [
          "야차",
          "야차#Korean"
        ],
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          "yaksha",
          "yaksha"
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      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "夜叉"
}

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "夜叉",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "sc": "Hani"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns without classifiers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "chữ Hán form of dạ-xoa (“yaksha”)."
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        [
          "chữ Hán",
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        [
          "dạ-xoa",
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        [
          "yaksha",
          "yaksha"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "Chinese terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas"
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    {
      "word": "夜叉國"
    },
    {
      "word": "夜叉国"
    },
    {
      "word": "夜叉婆"
    },
    {
      "word": "夜叉星"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mǔyèchā",
      "word": "母夜叉"
    },
    {
      "word": "笑面夜叉"
    },
    {
      "word": "魔王夜叉"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 0,
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          "name": "desc"
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            "gloss": ""
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        {
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            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
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        {
          "args": {
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        },
        {
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            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
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            "jdesc": "",
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            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
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            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
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            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
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          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (夜叉):\n* → Japanese: 夜(や)叉(しゃ) (yasha)\n* → Korean: 야차(夜叉) (yacha)\n* → Vietnamese: dạ-xoa (夜叉)",
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      ],
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "zh:Buddhism"
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
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          "yaksha",
          "yaksha"
        ],
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          "malevolent",
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        ],
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          "spirit",
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      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "ferocious",
          "ferocious"
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        [
          "hideous",
          "hideous"
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        [
          "person",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Chinese humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "humorous",
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        [
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        "humorous"
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      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "je⁶ caa¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iā-chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèchā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yècha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèchå"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴-chʻa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yè-cha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh.cha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "еча"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ječa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä¹/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh chā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "je⁶ tsaa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yé⁶ ca¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛː²² t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iā-chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iā-tshe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iaxzhef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yaeH tsrhae"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛː²² t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "藥叉/药叉"
    },
    {
      "word": "藥叉"
    },
    {
      "word": "药叉"
    }
  ],
  "word": "夜叉"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
    "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Alnus firma, a type of alder tree",
      "roman": "yashabushi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夜叉五倍子",
          "ヤシャブシ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "夜叉五倍子"
    },
    {
      "english": "Semiarundinaria yashadake, a type of bamboo",
      "roman": "yashadake",
      "ruby": [
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          "夜叉竹",
          "ヤシャダケ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "夜叉竹"
    },
    {
      "english": "Ribes ambiguum, a type of flowering plant related to currant and gooseberry",
      "roman": "yashabishaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夜叉柄杓",
          "ヤシャビシャク"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "夜叉柄杓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yashazenmai",
      "word": "夜叉薇: Osmunda lancea"
    },
    {
      "word": "the Japanese lancea flowering fern"
    }
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        "2": "ltc",
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "夜叉",
        "tr": "yæᴴ cha?"
      },
      "expansion": "夜叉 (yæᴴ cha?)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 夜叉 (yæᴴ cha?), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).",
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    {
      "form": "夜叉",
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    },
    {
      "form": "yasha",
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    },
    {
      "form": "やしや",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "やしゃ",
        "hhira": "やしや"
      },
      "expansion": "夜(や)叉(しゃ) • (yasha) ^(←やしや (yasya)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "like when the yaksha saw the horse",
      "roman": "yasha ga uma o mita yō",
      "word": "夜叉が馬を見たよう: → an expression of extreme happiness"
    },
    {
      "word": "a story of a yaksha who lost his horse"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "yaksha, a broad class of nature spirits or minor deities who appear in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology. May be male or female, benevolent or malevolent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yaksha",
          "yaksha"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "deities",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "Hindu",
          "Hindu"
        ],
        [
          "Buddhist",
          "Buddhist"
        ],
        [
          "Jain",
          "Jain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "ja:Buddhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings”), and guardians of the north"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "yaksha",
          "yaksha"
        ],
        [
          "follower",
          "follower"
        ],
        [
          "毘沙門天",
          "毘沙門天#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "north",
          "north"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism) in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings”), and guardians of the north"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When that girl gets angry, she's a real demon.",
          "roman": "Ano onna no ko wa okoru to masa ni yasha no yō da yo.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "女",
              "おんな"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "怒",
              "おこ"
            ],
            [
              "夜叉",
              "やしゃ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あの女の子は怒るとまさに夜叉のようだよ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a demon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) a demon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やしゃ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yakusha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "薬叉",
          "やくしゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "薬叉"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Yaksha",
    "ja:夜叉",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "夜叉"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yacha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "야차",
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hangeul": "야차"
      },
      "expansion": "夜叉 • (yacha) (hangeul 야차)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "yaksha",
          "word": "야차"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
        "Korean lemmas",
        "Korean nouns",
        "Korean nouns in Han script",
        "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hanja form of 야차 (“yaksha”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hanja",
          "hanja#English"
        ],
        [
          "야차",
          "야차#Korean"
        ],
        [
          "yaksha",
          "yaksha"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "夜叉"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "夜叉",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "sc": "Hani"
      },
      "expansion": "夜叉",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese Chữ Hán",
        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese nouns",
        "Vietnamese nouns in Han script",
        "Vietnamese nouns without classifiers"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chữ Hán form of dạ-xoa (“yaksha”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chữ Hán",
          "chữ Hán#Vietnamese"
        ],
        [
          "dạ-xoa",
          "dạ-xoa#Vietnamese"
        ],
        [
          "yaksha",
          "yaksha"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "夜叉"
}

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