"いつぞや" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [it͡sɨ d͡zo̞ ja̠] Forms: いつぞや ^ [canonical], itsu zo ya [romanization], itu zo ya [romanization], いつぞや [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|いつ ぞ や|hhira=いつ ぞ や}} いつぞや • (itsu zo ya) ^(←いつぞや (itu zo ya)?)
  1. (mildly archaic) some time in the past Tags: archaic, mildly

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "form": "itsu zo ya",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "itu zo ya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    }
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        "some time in the past"
      ],
      "id": "en-いつぞや-ja-adv-l28HSUya",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mildly archaic) some time in the past"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "mildly"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[it͡sɨ d͡zo̞ ja̠]"
    }
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    },
    {
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itu zo ya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いつぞや",
      "roman": "itu zo ya",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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    }
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        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "some time in the past"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mildly archaic) some time in the past"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "mildly"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "いつぞや"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[it͡sɨ d͡zo̞ ja̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "いつぞや"
}

Download raw JSONL data for いつぞや meaning in Japanese (1.2kB)

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