See ja in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"ja",
"ja#German"
],
[
"jo",
"jo#Polish"
],
[
"יאָ",
"יאָ#Yiddish"
],
[
"yea",
"yea#English"
],
[
"jes",
"jes#Esperanto"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "de",
"3": "ja"
},
"expansion": "German ja",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "jo"
},
"expansion": "Polish jo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yi",
"2": "יאָ"
},
"expansion": "Yiddish יאָ (yo)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yea"
},
"expansion": "English yea",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from German ja. Compare Polish jo, Yiddish יאָ (yo), English yea. Related to jes.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "ja",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ja"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ja"
]
}
],
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Esperanto BRO1",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 75 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "yes indeed",
"translation": "yes indeed",
"word": "jes ja"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
28,
30
],
[
110,
112
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
29,
38
]
],
"english": "\"Well, Cephalus,\" I said, \"I certainly enjoy conversing with old people. I have the opinion that we should learn from people who already went along the path along which we ourselves will also have to go.\"",
"ref": "2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 18:",
"text": "\"Nu, Kefalo,\" mi diris, \"mi ja ĝuas konversacii kun maljunuloj. Mi opinias ke ni devus lerni de personoj kiuj jam laŭiris la vojon laŭ kiu ankaŭ ni mem devos iri.\"",
"translation": "\"Well, Cephalus,\" I said, \"I certainly enjoy conversing with old people. I have the opinion that we should learn from people who already went along the path along which we ourselves will also have to go.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
44,
46
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
45,
54
]
],
"english": "But the good Soviet times will never return. After all, they never existed.",
"ref": "2015, Kalle Kniivilä, “Sopiro al Sovetio [Yearning for the Soviet Union]”, in Krimeo estas nia [Crimea is ours]:",
"text": "Sed la bona soveta tempo neniam revenos. Ĝi ja neniam ekzistis.",
"translation": "But the good Soviet times will never return. After all, they never existed.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"emphatic particle; indeed, certainly, surely, after all"
],
"id": "en-ja-eo-adv-1CbnrPGK",
"links": [
[
"indeed",
"indeed"
],
[
"certainly",
"certainly"
],
[
"surely",
"surely"
],
[
"after all",
"after all"
]
],
"related": [
{
"english": "therefore, indeed, so",
"translation": "therefore, indeed, so",
"word": "do"
},
{
"english": "exactly",
"translation": "exactly",
"word": "ekzakte"
},
{
"english": "in fact",
"translation": "in fact",
"word": "fakte"
},
{
"english": "just, right, exactly",
"translation": "just, right, exactly",
"word": "ĝuste"
},
{
"english": "really, actually",
"translation": "really, actually",
"word": "reale"
},
{
"english": "truly",
"translation": "truly",
"word": "vere"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ja/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
"word": "ja"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "yes indeed",
"translation": "yes indeed",
"word": "jes ja"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"ja",
"ja#German"
],
[
"jo",
"jo#Polish"
],
[
"יאָ",
"יאָ#Yiddish"
],
[
"yea",
"yea#English"
],
[
"jes",
"jes#Esperanto"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "de",
"3": "ja"
},
"expansion": "German ja",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "jo"
},
"expansion": "Polish jo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yi",
"2": "יאָ"
},
"expansion": "Yiddish יאָ (yo)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yea"
},
"expansion": "English yea",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from German ja. Compare Polish jo, Yiddish יאָ (yo), English yea. Related to jes.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "ja",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ja"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ja"
]
}
],
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"pos": "adv",
"related": [
{
"english": "therefore, indeed, so",
"translation": "therefore, indeed, so",
"word": "do"
},
{
"english": "exactly",
"translation": "exactly",
"word": "ekzakte"
},
{
"english": "in fact",
"translation": "in fact",
"word": "fakte"
},
{
"english": "just, right, exactly",
"translation": "just, right, exactly",
"word": "ĝuste"
},
{
"english": "really, actually",
"translation": "really, actually",
"word": "reale"
},
{
"english": "truly",
"translation": "truly",
"word": "vere"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Esperanto 1-syllable words",
"Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro",
"Esperanto BRO1",
"Esperanto adverbs",
"Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
"Esperanto lemmas",
"Esperanto terms borrowed from German",
"Esperanto terms derived from German",
"Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation",
"Esperanto terms with quotations",
"Pages with 75 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Esperanto/a",
"Rhymes:Esperanto/a/1 syllable",
"Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
28,
30
],
[
110,
112
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
29,
38
]
],
"english": "\"Well, Cephalus,\" I said, \"I certainly enjoy conversing with old people. I have the opinion that we should learn from people who already went along the path along which we ourselves will also have to go.\"",
"ref": "2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 18:",
"text": "\"Nu, Kefalo,\" mi diris, \"mi ja ĝuas konversacii kun maljunuloj. Mi opinias ke ni devus lerni de personoj kiuj jam laŭiris la vojon laŭ kiu ankaŭ ni mem devos iri.\"",
"translation": "\"Well, Cephalus,\" I said, \"I certainly enjoy conversing with old people. I have the opinion that we should learn from people who already went along the path along which we ourselves will also have to go.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
44,
46
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
45,
54
]
],
"english": "But the good Soviet times will never return. After all, they never existed.",
"ref": "2015, Kalle Kniivilä, “Sopiro al Sovetio [Yearning for the Soviet Union]”, in Krimeo estas nia [Crimea is ours]:",
"text": "Sed la bona soveta tempo neniam revenos. Ĝi ja neniam ekzistis.",
"translation": "But the good Soviet times will never return. After all, they never existed.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"emphatic particle; indeed, certainly, surely, after all"
],
"links": [
[
"indeed",
"indeed"
],
[
"certainly",
"certainly"
],
[
"surely",
"surely"
],
[
"after all",
"after all"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ja/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
"word": "ja"
}
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