"あー" meaning in Japanese

See あー in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [a̠ː] Forms: -ā [romanization]
Etymology: Probably borrowed from English -er, sometime around 1994. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|-er}} English -er Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} あー • (-ā)
  1. Used to denote fanatics, adepts or devotees of a certain product, artist, fashion style or famous person Tags: morpheme Synonyms: ラー
    Sense id: en-あー-ja-suffix-1gVmrdmB Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 62 3 34 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 2 31 0 8 2 14 12
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        "2": "en",
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably borrowed from English -er, sometime around 1994.",
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    {
      "form": "-ā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "あー • (-ā)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 3 34 0",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 2 31 0 8 2 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "シャネル (“Chanel”) + あー (-ā) → シャネラー (“someone who likes to use Chanel products”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "浜田 (“Hamada”) + あー (-ā) → ハマダー (“a fan of Masatoshi Hamada, of his style”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to denote fanatics, adepts or devotees of a certain product, artist, fashion style or famous person"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ラー"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "あー"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "en",
        "3": "-er"
      },
      "expansion": "English -er",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably borrowed from English -er, sometime around 1994.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese suffixes",
        "Japanese terms borrowed from English",
        "Japanese terms derived from English",
        "Japanese terms spelled with ー",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "シャネル (“Chanel”) + あー (-ā) → シャネラー (“someone who likes to use Chanel products”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "浜田 (“Hamada”) + あー (-ā) → ハマダー (“a fan of Masatoshi Hamada, of his style”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to denote fanatics, adepts or devotees of a certain product, artist, fashion style or famous person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ラー"
    }
  ],
  "word": "あー"
}

Download raw JSONL data for あー meaning in Japanese (1.4kB)

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