"起草" meaning in All languages combined

See 起草 on Wiktionary

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/, /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/, /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: qǐcǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄑㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hei² cou² [Cantonese, Jyutping], khí-chhó, qǐcǎo [Phonetic:qícǎo] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄑㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], cǐcǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chʻi³-tsʻao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], chǐ-tsǎu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], chiitsao [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цицао [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], cicao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], héi chóu [Cantonese, Yale], hei² tsou² [Cantonese, Pinyin], héi² cou² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khí-chhó [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], khí-tshó [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], qyzhoir [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 起草
  1. to draft; to draw up Synonyms: 打稿子 (dǎgǎozi), 拍稿 [Hokkien, Puxian-Min], (), (), 草創 (cǎochuàng) [literary], 草创 (cǎochuàng) [literary], 草擬 (cǎonǐ), 草拟 (cǎonǐ)
    Sense id: en-起草-zh-verb-vAGqMX5V Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Writing, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 53 41 7

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [kʲiso̞ː] Forms: 起草 [canonical] (ruby: (), (そう)), kisō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|きそう}} 起(き)草(そう) • (kisō)
  1. drawing up (a plan); drafting (a bill, report, contract)
    Sense id: en-起草-ja-noun-f6Wyp3Qu Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 53 4 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 82 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 81 19

Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [kʲiso̞ː]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|きそう|tr=trans}} 起(き)草(そう)する • (kisō suru) transitive suru (stem 起(き)草(そう)し (kisō shi), past 起(き)草(そう)した (kisō shita)) Forms: 起草する [canonical] (ruby: (), (そう)), kisō suru [romanization], 起草し [stem] (ruby: (), (そう)), 起草した [past] (ruby: (), (そう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 起草し [error-unrecognized-form], きそうし [error-unrecognized-form], kisō shi [error-unrecognized-form], 起草する [error-unrecognized-form], きそうする [error-unrecognized-form], kisō suru [error-unrecognized-form], 起草すれ [error-unrecognized-form], きそうすれ [error-unrecognized-form], kisō sure [error-unrecognized-form], 起草せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 起草しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], きそうせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], きそうしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], kisō seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], kisō shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 起草される [passive], きそうされる [passive], kisō sareru [passive], 起草させる [causative], 起草さす [causative], きそうさせる [causative], きそうさす [causative], kisō saseru [causative], kisō sasu [causative], 起草できる [potential], きそうできる [potential], kisō dekiru [potential], 起草しよう [volitional], きそうしよう [volitional], kisō shiyō [volitional], 起草しない [negative], きそうしない [negative], kisō shinai [negative], 起草せず [continuative, negative], きそうせず [continuative, negative], kisō sezu [continuative, negative], 起草します [formal], きそうします [formal], kisō shimasu [formal], 起草した [perfective], きそうした [perfective], kisō shita [perfective], 起草して [conjunctive], きそうして [conjunctive], kisō shite [conjunctive], 起草すれば [conditional, hypothetical], きそうすれば [conditional, hypothetical], kisō sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. draw up (a plan); draft (a bill, report, contract)
    Sense id: en-起草-ja-verb-NHwSvz0- Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 53 47
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "起草",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to draft; to draw up"
      ],
      "id": "en-起草-zh-verb-vAGqMX5V",
      "links": [
        [
          "draft",
          "draft"
        ],
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "dǎgǎozi",
          "word": "打稿子"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Puxian-Min"
          ],
          "word": "拍稿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nǐ",
          "word": "擬"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nǐ",
          "word": "拟"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cǎochuàng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "草創"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cǎochuàng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "草创"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cǎonǐ",
          "word": "草擬"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cǎonǐ",
          "word": "草拟"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǐcǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei² cou²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khí-chhó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǐcǎo [Phonetic:qícǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cǐcǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻi³-tsʻao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǐ-tsǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chiitsao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цицао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cicao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi chóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei² tsou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi² cou²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-chhó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-tshó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qyzhoir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: qícǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "起草"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "起草",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きそう"
      },
      "expansion": "起(き)草(そう) • (kisō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 53 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              91,
              96
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "In Japan, Nagoya University has taken the lead in helping legal professionals and scholars draft civil laws and civil procedure codes in Asian countries.",
          "ref": "2025 July 19, “アジアの法整備 尽くした軌跡 名大・鮎京名誉教授 本出版 故森嶌昭夫さんらの言葉紹介”, in 中日新聞(市民版) [Chunichi Shimbun (citizen's edition)], morning edition, number 29678, page 17:",
          "roman": "Nihon de wa Nagoyadai ga chūshin ni nari, hōsō kankeisha ya gakusha-ra ga ajia no kuniguni de minpō ya minji soshōhō nado no kisō o tedasuke.",
          "text": "日本では名古屋大が中心になり、法曹関係者や学者らがアジアの国々で民法や民事訴訟法などの起草を手助け。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drawing up (a plan); drafting (a bill, report, contract)"
      ],
      "id": "en-起草-ja-noun-f6Wyp3Qu",
      "links": [
        [
          "drawing up",
          "draw up"
        ],
        [
          "drafting",
          "draft"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲiso̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "起草"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "起草する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草し",
      "roman": "kisō shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草した",
      "roman": "kisō shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きそう",
        "tr": "trans"
      },
      "expansion": "起(き)草(そう)する • (kisō suru) transitive suru (stem 起(き)草(そう)し (kisō shi), past 起(き)草(そう)した (kisō shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "draw up (a plan); draft (a bill, report, contract)"
      ],
      "id": "en-起草-ja-verb-NHwSvz0-"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲiso̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "起草"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "起草",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Advanced Mandarin",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 草",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 起",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:Writing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to draft; to draw up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draft",
          "draft"
        ],
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǐcǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei² cou²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khí-chhó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǐcǎo [Phonetic:qícǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cǐcǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻi³-tsʻao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǐ-tsǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chiitsao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цицао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cicao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi chóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei² tsou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi² cou²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-chhó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-tshó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qyzhoir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: qícǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dǎgǎozi",
      "word": "打稿子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "拍稿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nǐ",
      "word": "擬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nǐ",
      "word": "拟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎochuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "草創"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎochuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "草创"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎonǐ",
      "word": "草擬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎonǐ",
      "word": "草拟"
    }
  ],
  "word": "起草"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "起草",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              91,
              96
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "In Japan, Nagoya University has taken the lead in helping legal professionals and scholars draft civil laws and civil procedure codes in Asian countries.",
          "ref": "2025 July 19, “アジアの法整備 尽くした軌跡 名大・鮎京名誉教授 本出版 故森嶌昭夫さんらの言葉紹介”, in 中日新聞(市民版) [Chunichi Shimbun (citizen's edition)], morning edition, number 29678, page 17:",
          "roman": "Nihon de wa Nagoyadai ga chūshin ni nari, hōsō kankeisha ya gakusha-ra ga ajia no kuniguni de minpō ya minji soshōhō nado no kisō o tedasuke.",
          "text": "日本では名古屋大が中心になり、法曹関係者や学者らがアジアの国々で民法や民事訴訟法などの起草を手助け。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drawing up (a plan); drafting (a bill, report, contract)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drawing up",
          "draw up"
        ],
        [
          "drafting",
          "draft"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲiso̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "起草"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "起草する",
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        [
          "起",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō suru",
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    },
    {
      "form": "起草し",
      "roman": "kisō shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草した",
      "roman": "kisō shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shi",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō sure",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "起草せよ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起草すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きそうすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisō sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "きそう",
        "tr": "trans"
      },
      "expansion": "起(き)草(そう)する • (kisō suru) transitive suru (stem 起(き)草(そう)し (kisō shi), past 起(き)草(そう)した (kisō shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "draw up (a plan); draft (a bill, report, contract)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲiso̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "起草"
}

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