"快刀乱麻を断つ" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
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        "1": "ja",
        "2": "快刀",
        "3": "乱麻",
        "4": "を",
        "5": "断つ",
        "pos3": "object particle",
        "t1": "sharp katana",
        "t2": "tangled skein; chaos",
        "t4": "to cut",
        "tr1": "kaitō",
        "tr2": "ranma",
        "tr3": "o",
        "tr4": "tatsu"
      },
      "expansion": "快刀 (kaitō, “sharp katana”) + 乱麻 (ranma, “tangled skein; chaos”) + を (o, object particle) + 断つ (tatsu, “to cut”)",
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      "expansion": "calque of Chinese 快刀斬亂麻／快刀斩乱麻 (kuàidāo zhǎn luànmá)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "快刀 (kaitō, “sharp katana”) + 乱麻 (ranma, “tangled skein; chaos”) + を (o, object particle) + 断つ (tatsu, “to cut”); calque of Chinese 快刀斬亂麻／快刀斩乱麻 (kuàidāo zhǎn luànmá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断つ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "快",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "刀",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "乱",
          "らん"
        ],
        [
          "麻",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "断",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatsu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwaitauranmawotatu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断ち",
      "roman": "kaitō ranma o tachi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "快",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "刀",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "乱",
          "らん"
        ],
        [
          "麻",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "断",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断った",
      "roman": "kaitō ranma o tatta",
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        [
          "快",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "刀",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "乱",
          "らん"
        ],
        [
          "麻",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "断",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-tsu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断た",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tata",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断ち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tachi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断つ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatsu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断て",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tate",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断たれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたたれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断たせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断たす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたたせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたたす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tataseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断てる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたてる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tateru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断とう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたとう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断たない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたたない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断たず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたたず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断ちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tachimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断てば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたてば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tateba",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "かいとう らんま を たつ",
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      },
      "expansion": "快(かい)刀(とう)乱(らん)麻(ま)を断(た)つ • (kaitō ranma o tatsu) ^(←くわいたうらんまをたつ (kwaitauranmawotatu)?)godan (stem 快(かい)刀(とう)乱(らん)麻(ま)を断(た)ち (kaitō ranma o tachi), past 快(かい)刀(とう)乱(らん)麻(ま)を断(た)った (kaitō ranma o tatta))",
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  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "kind": "other",
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        "to cut the Gordian knot"
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          "cut the Gordian knot",
          "cut the Gordian knot"
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  "word": "快刀乱麻を断つ"
}

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        "1": "ja",
        "2": "快刀",
        "3": "乱麻",
        "4": "を",
        "5": "断つ",
        "pos3": "object particle",
        "t1": "sharp katana",
        "t2": "tangled skein; chaos",
        "t4": "to cut",
        "tr1": "kaitō",
        "tr2": "ranma",
        "tr3": "o",
        "tr4": "tatsu"
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      "expansion": "快刀 (kaitō, “sharp katana”) + 乱麻 (ranma, “tangled skein; chaos”) + を (o, object particle) + 断つ (tatsu, “to cut”)",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "快刀 (kaitō, “sharp katana”) + 乱麻 (ranma, “tangled skein; chaos”) + を (o, object particle) + 断つ (tatsu, “to cut”); calque of Chinese 快刀斬亂麻／快刀斩乱麻 (kuàidāo zhǎn luànmá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断つ",
      "ruby": [
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          "快",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "刀",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "乱",
          "らん"
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        [
          "麻",
          "ま"
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        [
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          "た"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatsu",
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        "romanization"
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    {
      "form": "kwaitauranmawotatu",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断ち",
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      "ruby": [
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          "快",
          "かい"
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        [
          "刀",
          "とう"
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        [
          "乱",
          "らん"
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        [
          "麻",
          "ま"
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        [
          "断",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断った",
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          "快",
          "かい"
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        [
          "刀",
          "とう"
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        [
          "乱",
          "らん"
        ],
        [
          "麻",
          "ま"
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        [
          "断",
          "た"
        ]
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        "past"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "ja-go-tsu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断た",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tata",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断ち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tachi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断つ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatsu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断て",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tate",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断たれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたたれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断たせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断たす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたたせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたたす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tataseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断てる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたてる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tateru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断とう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたとう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断たない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたたない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断たず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたたず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断ちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tachimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "快刀乱麻を断てば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいとうらんまをたてば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaitō ranma o tateba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かいとう らんま を たつ",
        "hhira": "くわいたうらんまをたつ",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "快(かい)刀(とう)乱(らん)麻(ま)を断(た)つ • (kaitō ranma o tatsu) ^(←くわいたうらんまをたつ (kwaitauranmawotatu)?)godan (stem 快(かい)刀(とう)乱(らん)麻(ま)を断(た)ち (kaitō ranma o tachi), past 快(かい)刀(とう)乱(らん)麻(ま)を断(た)った (kaitō ranma o tatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms calqued from Chinese",
        "Japanese terms derived from Chinese",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with five Han script characters",
        "Japanese type 1 verbs",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cut the Gordian knot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut the Gordian knot",
          "cut the Gordian knot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to cut the Gordian knot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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