See 誘う on Wiktionary
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"tempt",
"tempt"
],
[
"coerce",
"coerce"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "いざなう"
},
{
"ipa": "[iza̠na̠ɯ̟]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
],
"word": "誘う"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 誘う meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-20 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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