See 太郎 on Wiktionary
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"太郎",
"たろう"
],
[
"陽",
"よう"
],
[
"太郎",
"たろう"
],
[
"小",
"こう"
],
[
"太郎",
"たろう"
]
],
"text": "健太郎、慎太郎、陽太郎、小太郎",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"suffixing element in male given names"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "たろー"
},
{
"ipa": "[ta̠ɾo̞ː]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
],
"word": "太郎"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 太郎 meaning in All languages combined (7.9kB)
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