"矍鑠" meaning in All languages combined

See 矍鑠 on Wiktionary

Adjective [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /fɔːk̚³ sœːk̚³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 矍铄 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 矍鑠
  1. (literary) old but full of energy; sprightly Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-矍鑠-zh-adj-Y3etiWdw Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [ka̠kɯ̟ɕa̠kɯ̟] Forms: 矍鑠 [canonical] (ruby: (かく), (しゃく)), kakushaku [romanization], kwakusyaku [romanization], 矍鑠とした [adnominal] (ruby: (かく), (しゃく)), 矍鑠たる [adnominal] (ruby: (かく), (しゃく)), 矍鑠と [adverbial] (ruby: (かく), (しゃく)), 矍鑠として [adverbial] (ruby: (かく), (しゃく))
Etymology: Derived from Middle Chinese 矍鑠 (MC kjwak syak). Etymology templates: {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|ja|ltc|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Chinese, {{der+|ja|ltc|-}} Derived from Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|矍鑠}} 矍鑠 (MC kjwak syak) Head templates: {{ja-adj|かくしゃく|hhira=くわくしやく|infl=tari}} 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく) • (kakushaku) ^(←くわくしやく (kwakusyaku)?)^†-tari (adnominal 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)とした (kakushaku to shita) or 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)たる (kakushaku taru), adverbial 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)と (kakushaku to) or 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)として (kakushaku to shite))
  1. (literary) old but full of energy; sprightly Tags: literary
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "矍鑠として",
      "roman": "kakushaku to shite",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "矍",
          "かく"
        ],
        [
          "鑠",
          "しゃく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かくしゃく",
        "hhira": "くわくしやく",
        "infl": "tari"
      },
      "expansion": "矍(かく)鑠(しゃく) • (kakushaku) ^(←くわくしやく (kwakusyaku)?)^†-tari (adnominal 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)とした (kakushaku to shita) or 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)たる (kakushaku taru), adverbial 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)と (kakushaku to) or 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)として (kakushaku to shite))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese literary terms",
        "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
        "Japanese terms historically spelled with わ",
        "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese たり-tari adjectives",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old but full of energy; sprightly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "sprightly",
          "sprightly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) old but full of energy; sprightly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かくしゃく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠kɯ̟ɕa̠kɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "矍鑠"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 矍鑠 meaning in All languages combined (5.9kB)

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "矍鑠",
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