"甘い" meaning in All languages combined

See 甘い on Wiktionary

Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [a̠ma̠i]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE. From Proto-Japonic *ama. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=あまい}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*ama|sort=あまい}} Proto-Japonic *ama Head templates: {{ja-adj|あまい|infl=i}} 甘(あま)い • (amai) -i (adverbial 甘(あま)く (amaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=あま|lemma=甘|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 甘い [canonical] (ruby: (あま)), amai [romanization], 甘く [adverbial] (ruby: (あま)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 甘かろ [imperfective, stem], あまかろ [imperfective, stem], amakaro [imperfective], 甘く [continuative, stem], あまく [continuative, stem], amaku [continuative], 甘い [stem, terminative], あまい [stem, terminative], amai [terminative], 甘い [attributive, stem], あまい [attributive, stem], amai [attributive], 甘けれ [hypothetical, stem], あまけれ [hypothetical, stem], amakere [hypothetical], 甘かれ [imperative, stem], あまかれ [imperative, stem], amakare [imperative], 甘くない [informal, negative], あまくない [informal, negative], amaku nai [informal, negative], 甘かった [informal, past], あまかった [informal, past], amakatta [informal, past], 甘くなかった [informal, negative, past], あまくなかった [informal, negative, past], amaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 甘いです [formal], あまいです [formal], amai desu [formal], 甘くないです [formal, negative], あまくないです [formal, negative], amaku nai desu [formal, negative], 甘かったです [formal, past], あまかったです [formal, past], amakatta desu [formal, past], 甘くなかったです [formal, negative, past], あまくなかったです [formal, negative, past], amaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 甘くて [conjunctive], あまくて [conjunctive], amakute [conjunctive], 甘ければ [conditional], あまければ [conditional], amakereba [conditional], 甘かったら [conditional, past], あまかったら [conditional, past], amakattara [conditional, past], 甘かろう [volitional], あまかろう [volitional], amakarō [volitional], 甘く [adverbial], あまく [adverbial], amaku [adverbial], 甘さ [noun-from-adj], あまさ [noun-from-adj], amasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. sweet, sugary, mellow Categories (topical): Taste
    Sense id: en-甘い-ja-adj-HEoS7wYL Disambiguation of Taste: 20 23 10 22 24
  2. lacking saltiness Categories (topical): Taste
    Sense id: en-甘い-ja-adj-TR7SFqqY Disambiguation of Taste: 20 23 10 22 24 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese heteronyms, Japanese links with manual fragments, 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, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 34 31 6 25 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 33 30 5 29 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 29 26 6 35 Disambiguation of Japanese heteronyms: 3 35 30 3 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 7 33 28 8 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 33 29 6 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 29 26 5 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 33 28 6 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 33 28 6 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 34 29 6 26 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 8 32 24 11 23
  3. indulgent, soft Categories (topical): Taste
    Sense id: en-甘い-ja-adj-kitLa8QK Disambiguation of Taste: 20 23 10 22 24 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese heteronyms, Japanese links with manual fragments, 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: 4 34 31 6 25 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 33 30 5 29 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 29 26 6 35 Disambiguation of Japanese heteronyms: 3 35 30 3 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 7 33 28 8 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 33 29 6 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 29 26 5 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 33 28 6 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 33 28 6 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 34 29 6 26
  4. careless, lacking, lax Categories (topical): Taste
    Sense id: en-甘い-ja-adj-5f~64eCD Disambiguation of Taste: 20 23 10 22 24
  5. (figurative) fragrant (of odor), melodious (of sound) Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Taste
    Sense id: en-甘い-ja-adj-lckR0iea Disambiguation of Taste: 20 23 10 22 24 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese heteronyms, Japanese links with manual fragments, 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: 4 34 31 6 25 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 33 30 5 29 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 29 26 6 35 Disambiguation of Japanese heteronyms: 3 35 30 3 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 7 33 28 8 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 33 29 6 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 29 26 5 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 33 28 6 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 33 28 6 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 34 29 6 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: (ame) (ruby: (あめ)) (english: traditional candy)

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      "english": "traditional candy",
      "roman": "ame",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "飴",
          "あめ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "飴"
    }
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    },
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      "form": "甘かろ",
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    },
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        "continuative"
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      "form": "甘けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "amakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "amaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "あまかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "amaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "あまかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘さ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amasa",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "infl": "i"
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      "expansion": "甘(あま)い • (amai) -i (adverbial 甘(あま)く (amaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "あま",
        "lemma": "甘",
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        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "辛い"
        },
        {
          "word": "苦い"
        },
        {
          "word": "酸っぱい"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis": "20 23 10 22 24",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Taste",
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            "Drinking",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Senses",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Perception",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "sweet cake",
          "roman": "amai kēki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "甘いケーキ"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "sweet"
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        [
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          "sugary"
        ],
        [
          "mellow",
          "mellow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "塩っぱい"
        }
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "3 35 30 3 29",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "7 33 28 8 25",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 33 29 6 27",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 29 26 5 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 33 28 6 28",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 33 28 6 27",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 34 29 6 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 23 10 22 24",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Taste",
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            "Drinking",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Senses",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "soft on girls",
          "roman": "joshi ni amai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "女子",
              "じょし"
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            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "女子に甘い"
        }
      ],
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        "indulgent, soft"
      ],
      "id": "en-甘い-ja-adj-kitLa8QK",
      "links": [
        [
          "indulgent",
          "indulgent"
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        [
          "soft",
          "soft"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "20 23 10 22 24",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Taste",
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            "Drinking",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Senses",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
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            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "作りが甘い ― tsukuri ga amai ― the construction is careless → flimsy, slapdash, slipshod"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "管理",
              "かんり"
            ],
            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "管理が甘い ― kanri ga amai ― the management is lax → poorly managed"
        }
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      "id": "en-甘い-ja-adj-5f~64eCD",
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        [
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          "lacking",
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        [
          "lax",
          "lax"
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 29 26 6 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 35 30 3 29",
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          "name": "Japanese heteronyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 33 28 8 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 33 29 6 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 29 26 5 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 33 28 6 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 33 28 6 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 34 29 6 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 23 10 22 24",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Taste",
          "orig": "ja:Taste",
          "parents": [
            "Drinking",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Senses",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Perception",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Lilies have a fragrant smell.",
          "roman": "Yuri wa amai kaori ga suru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
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            [
              "香",
              "かお"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ゆりは甘い香りがする。"
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      ],
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        "fragrant (of odor), melodious (of sound)"
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        [
          "fragrant",
          "fragrant"
        ],
        [
          "odor",
          "odor"
        ],
        [
          "melodious",
          "melodious"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
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        "(figurative) fragrant (of odor), melodious (of sound)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あまい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ma̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "甘い"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
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      "english": "traditional candy",
      "roman": "ame",
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          "飴",
          "あめ"
        ]
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      "word": "飴"
    }
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        "nodots": "1"
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      "name": "C.E."
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
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    {
      "form": "甘い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "甘",
          "あま"
        ]
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        "canonical"
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    {
      "form": "amai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    {
      "form": "甘く",
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        [
          "甘",
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        "adverbial"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "甘かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "甘さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あまさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
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        "infl": "i"
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        "conditional": "ければ",
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        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
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        "lemma": "甘",
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        "terminal": "い",
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "辛い"
        },
        {
          "word": "苦い"
        },
        {
          "word": "酸っぱい"
        }
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        {
          "english": "sweet cake",
          "roman": "amai kēki",
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              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
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          "text": "甘いケーキ"
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        [
          "sweet",
          "sweet"
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        [
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          "sugary"
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        [
          "mellow",
          "mellow"
        ]
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "塩っぱい"
        }
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        "lacking saltiness"
      ],
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        [
          "saltiness",
          "saltiness"
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "soft on girls",
          "roman": "joshi ni amai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "女子",
              "じょし"
            ],
            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "女子に甘い"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indulgent, soft"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "indulgent",
          "indulgent"
        ],
        [
          "soft",
          "soft"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "作りが甘い ― tsukuri ga amai ― the construction is careless → flimsy, slapdash, slipshod"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "管理",
              "かんり"
            ],
            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "管理が甘い ― kanri ga amai ― the management is lax → poorly managed"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "careless, lacking, lax"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "careless",
          "careless"
        ],
        [
          "lacking",
          "lacking"
        ],
        [
          "lax",
          "lax"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Lilies have a fragrant smell.",
          "roman": "Yuri wa amai kaori ga suru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ],
            [
              "香",
              "かお"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ゆりは甘い香りがする。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fragrant (of odor), melodious (of sound)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fragrant",
          "fragrant"
        ],
        [
          "odor",
          "odor"
        ],
        [
          "melodious",
          "melodious"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) fragrant (of odor), melodious (of sound)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あまい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ma̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "甘い"
}
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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "甘い"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "甘い",
  "trace": ""
}

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