"ja" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Afrikaans ja (“yes”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "ja",
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ja (“yes”)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Afrikaans ja (“yes”), from Dutch ja (“yes”). More at yea.",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "word": "ja well no fine"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1940, Penguin Parade (issue 7, page 25)",
          "text": "Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked."
        }
      ],
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        "Yes."
      ],
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        "(chiefly South Africa, informal) Yes."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ya"
        }
      ],
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        "South-Africa",
        "informal",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ja"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ko",
        "3": "자"
      },
      "expansion": "Korean 자 (ja)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Revised Romanization of Korean 자 (ja).",
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    {
      "form": "jas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ja",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
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        {
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        "Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm."
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          "length",
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        ],
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          "equivalent",
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          "about",
          "about"
        ],
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          "cm",
          "cm"
        ]
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        "(Korean units of measure) Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm."
      ],
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          ],
          "word": "Korean foot"
        },
        {
          "word": "cha"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ja"
}

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      "word": "ja well no fine"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Afrikaans ja (“yes”), from Dutch ja (“yes”). More at yea.",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1940, Penguin Parade (issue 7, page 25)",
          "text": "Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked."
        }
      ],
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        "Yes."
      ],
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        [
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          "yes"
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        "(chiefly South Africa, informal) Yes."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ya"
    }
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  "word": "ja"
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Revised Romanization of Korean 자 (ja).",
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    {
      "form": "jas",
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      ]
    },
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        ],
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        "(Korean units of measure) Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm."
      ],
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          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ja"
}