"蒟蒻" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/, /kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/, /t͡ɕy³³ zaʔ⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: jǔruò [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], geoi² joek⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ⁵ciu-zaq, jǔruò [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jyǔruò [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chü³-jo⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jyǔ-rwò [Mandarin, Yale], jeuruoh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзюйжо [Mandarin, Palladius], czjujžo [Mandarin, Palladius], géui yeuhk [Cantonese, Yale], goey² joek⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gêu² yêg⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ⁵ciu-zaq [Wu], ciu^去 zah [Wu], ²jy-zaq [Wu], /t͡ɕy³³ zaʔ⁴⁴/ [Wu], kjuX|kjuH nyak [Middle-Chinese], /*koʔ|kos njewɢ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 蒟蒻
  1. konjac (foul-smelling plant grown in Asia, Amorphophallus konjac) Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants
    Sense id: en-蒟蒻-zh-noun-MMU~abBP Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 58 7 35
  2. (literary, rare) betel and bulrush Tags: literary, rare
    Sense id: en-蒟蒻-zh-noun-0cF8mxwq Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 魔芋 (móyù), 蒻頭 (ruòtóu), 蒻头 (ruòtóu)
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/, /kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/, /t͡ɕy³³ zaʔ⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: jǔruò [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], geoi² joek⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ⁵ciu-zaq, jǔruò [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jyǔruò [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chü³-jo⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jyǔ-rwò [Mandarin, Yale], jeuruoh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзюйжо [Mandarin, Palladius], czjujžo [Mandarin, Palladius], géui yeuhk [Cantonese, Yale], goey² joek⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gêu² yêg⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ⁵ciu-zaq [Wu], ciu^去 zah [Wu], ²jy-zaq [Wu], /t͡ɕy³³ zaʔ⁴⁴/ [Wu], kjuX|kjuH nyak [Middle-Chinese], /*koʔ|kos njewɢ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Pun on 巨弱 (jù ruò, “very weak”). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|巨弱|very weak|tr=jù ruò}} 巨弱 (jù ruò, “very weak”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 蒟蒻
  1. (Mainland China, slang, usually self-deprecatory) inexperienced competitor in Chinese science Olympiads (especially informatics olympiads, such as NOI and NOIP) Tags: Mainland-China, slang
    Sense id: en-蒟蒻-zh-noun-Aui7oLlJ Categories (other): Mainland China Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 18 15 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [kõ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟a̠kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 蒟蒻 [canonical] (ruby: (こん), (にゃく)), 蒟蒻 [canonical] (ruby: 蒟蒻(コンニャク)), konnyaku [romanization]
Etymology: Probably from Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 蒟蒻 (MC kjuX|kjuH nyak). The plant is not native to the Japanese archipelago, and was imported from China. First cited to the 本草和名 (Honsō Wamyō) of circa 918 CE with the reading konyaku. The geminate reading konnyaku is first cited to a text from 1336. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=こんにゃく}} Old Japanese, {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=こんにゃく}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|蒟蒻}} 蒟蒻 (MC kjuX|kjuH nyak), {{m|ja||本草和名|tr=Honsō Wamyō}} 本草和名 (Honsō Wamyō), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|こんにゃく|コンニャク}} 蒟(こん)蒻(にゃく) or 蒟蒻(コンニャク) • (konnyaku)
  1. 蒟蒻, 菎蒻: konjac (both the plant and the food made from the plant)
    Sense id: en-蒟蒻-ja-noun-G9GH~cpd
  2. 蒟蒻: (slang) Short for 蒟蒻島 (Konnyaku-jima).: obsolete name for the 新川 (Shingawa) area in modern-day 中央区 (Chūō-ku, “Central Ward”) in Tokyo Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants
    Sense id: en-蒟蒻-ja-noun-WUGcw2GR Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 22 78 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 93

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 蒟蒻 meaning in All languages combined (9.5kB)

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      "zh-pron": "цзюйжо"
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      "zh-pron": "goey² joek⁹"
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      "zh-pron": "gêu² yêg⁶"
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      "zh-pron": "geoi² joek⁶"
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    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵ciu-zaq"
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "jǔruò"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "jyǔruò"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "chü³-jo⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "jyǔ-rwò"
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      "zh-pron": "jeuruoh"
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      "zh-pron": "цзюйжо"
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      "zh-pron": "czjujžo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "géui yeuhk"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "goey² joek⁹"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "gêu² yêg⁶"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/",
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        "Wu"
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      "zh-pron": "⁵ciu-zaq"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ciu^去 zah"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "²jy-zaq"
    },
    {
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      "zh-pron": "/t͡ɕy³³ zaʔ⁴⁴/"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*koʔ|kos njewɢ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy³³ zaʔ⁴⁴/"
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      "other": "/*koʔ|kos njewɢ/"
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  "word": "蒟蒻"
}

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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Arum family plants",
          "orig": "ja:Arum family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Alismatales order plants",
            "Water plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "蒟蒻: (slang) Short for 蒟蒻島 (Konnyaku-jima).: obsolete name for the 新川 (Shingawa) area in modern-day 中央区 (Chūō-ku, “Central Ward”) in Tokyo"
      ],
      "id": "en-蒟蒻-ja-noun-WUGcw2GR",
      "links": [
        [
          "蒟蒻",
          "蒟蒻#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "蒟蒻島",
          "蒟蒻島#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "新川",
          "新川#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "中央区",
          "中央区#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こんにゃく"
    },
    {
      "other": "こんにゃく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟a̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:コンニャク",
    "ja:コンニャク属"
  ],
  "word": "蒟蒻"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "ja:Arum family plants",
    "zh:Arum family plants"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "蒟蒻",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "konjac (foul-smelling plant grown in Asia, Amorphophallus konjac)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "konjac",
          "konjac"
        ],
        [
          "Amorphophallus konjac",
          "Wikispecies:Amorphophallus konjac"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese terms with rare senses",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "其園則有蒟蒻茱萸 [MSC, trad.]",
          "roman": "The garden has betel and bulrush, as well as zhuyu",
          "text": "其园则有蒟蒻茱萸 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: Western Jin dynasty, 左思, 蜀都賦\nqí yuán zé yǒu jǔruò zhūyú [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "betel and bulrush"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "betel",
          "betel"
        ],
        [
          "bulrush",
          "bulrush"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, rare) betel and bulrush"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jǔruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "geoi² joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵ciu-zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jǔruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyǔruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chü³-jo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyǔ-rwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jeuruoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзюйжо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czjujžo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "géui yeuhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goey² joek⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gêu² yêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵ciu-zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ciu^去 zah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²jy-zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡ɕy³³ zaʔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kjuX|kjuH nyak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*koʔ|kos njewɢ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy³³ zaʔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*koʔ|kos njewɢ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "móyù",
      "word": "魔芋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòtóu",
      "word": "蒻頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòtóu",
      "word": "蒻头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蒟蒻"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "ja:Arum family plants",
    "zh:Arum family plants"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "巨弱",
        "2": "very weak",
        "tr": "jù ruò"
      },
      "expansion": "巨弱 (jù ruò, “very weak”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Pun on 巨弱 (jù ruò, “very weak”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "蒟蒻",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese self-deprecatory terms",
        "Chinese slang",
        "Mainland China Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inexperienced competitor in Chinese science Olympiads (especially informatics olympiads, such as NOI and NOIP)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "self-deprecatory",
          "self-deprecatory"
        ],
        [
          "inexperienced",
          "inexperienced"
        ],
        [
          "competitor",
          "competitor"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "science",
          "science"
        ],
        [
          "Olympiad",
          "Olympiad"
        ],
        [
          "informatics",
          "informatics"
        ],
        [
          "olympiads",
          "olympiads"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "usually self-deprecatory",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mainland China, slang, usually self-deprecatory) inexperienced competitor in Chinese science Olympiads (especially informatics olympiads, such as NOI and NOIP)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jǔruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "geoi² joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵ciu-zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jǔruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyǔruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chü³-jo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyǔ-rwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jeuruoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзюйжо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czjujžo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "géui yeuhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goey² joek⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gêu² yêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵ciu-zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ciu^去 zah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²jy-zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡ɕy³³ zaʔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kjuX|kjuH nyak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*koʔ|kos njewɢ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy³³ zaʔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*koʔ|kos njewɢ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蒟蒻"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "ja:Arum family plants"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "こんにゃく"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "こんにゃく"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "蒟蒻"
      },
      "expansion": "蒟蒻 (MC kjuX|kjuH nyak)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "",
        "3": "本草和名",
        "tr": "Honsō Wamyō"
      },
      "expansion": "本草和名 (Honsō Wamyō)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 蒟蒻 (MC kjuX|kjuH nyak). The plant is not native to the Japanese archipelago, and was imported from China.\nFirst cited to the 本草和名 (Honsō Wamyō) of circa 918 CE with the reading konyaku. The geminate reading konnyaku is first cited to a text from 1336.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "蒟蒻",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "蒟",
          "こん"
        ],
        [
          "蒻",
          "にゃく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "蒟蒻",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "蒟蒻",
          "コンニャク"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konnyaku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "こんにゃく",
        "2": "コンニャク"
      },
      "expansion": "蒟(こん)蒻(にゃく) or 蒟蒻(コンニャク) • (konnyaku)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "蒟蒻, 菎蒻: konjac (both the plant and the food made from the plant)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "蒟蒻",
          "蒟蒻#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "菎蒻",
          "菎蒻#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "konjac",
          "konjac"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese short forms",
        "Japanese slang",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "蒟蒻: (slang) Short for 蒟蒻島 (Konnyaku-jima).: obsolete name for the 新川 (Shingawa) area in modern-day 中央区 (Chūō-ku, “Central Ward”) in Tokyo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "蒟蒻",
          "蒟蒻#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "蒟蒻島",
          "蒟蒻島#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "新川",
          "新川#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "中央区",
          "中央区#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こんにゃく"
    },
    {
      "other": "こんにゃく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟a̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:コンニャク",
    "ja:コンニャク属"
  ],
  "word": "蒟蒻"
}

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