"ぅ" meaning in Japanese

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  "etymology_text": "Small form of the hiragana character う (u).",
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "combining_form",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "どぅ - the sound [du] rather than [do] (ど) or [(d)zu] (づ)"
        },
        {
          "text": "ですぅ - specifies that the final u in です (desu) should not be silent"
        },
        {
          "text": "ですぅぅぅ - specifies that the final u in です (desu) should be very long"
        }
      ],
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      "related": [
        {
          "english": "katakana small u",
          "word": "ゥ"
        },
        {
          "english": "full-size u",
          "word": "う"
        },
        {
          "word": "平"
        },
        {
          "word": "仮"
        },
        {
          "word": "名"
        },
        {
          "word": "あ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぁ"
        },
        {
          "word": "い"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "う"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゔ"
        },
        {
          "word": "え"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぇ"
        },
        {
          "word": "お"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぉ"
        },
        {
          "word": "か"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゕ"
        },
        {
          "word": "が"
        },
        {
          "word": "き"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "く"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "け"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゖ"
        },
        {
          "word": "げ"
        },
        {
          "word": "こ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄲"
        },
        {
          "word": "ご"
        },
        {
          "word": "さ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ざ"
        },
        {
          "word": "し"
        },
        {
          "word": "じ"
        },
        {
          "word": "す"
        },
        {
          "word": "ず"
        },
        {
          "word": "せ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぜ"
        },
        {
          "word": "そ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぞ"
        },
        {
          "word": "た"
        },
        {
          "word": "だ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ち"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぢ"
        },
        {
          "word": "つ"
        },
        {
          "word": "っ"
        },
        {
          "word": "づ"
        },
        {
          "word": "て"
        },
        {
          "word": "で"
        },
        {
          "word": "と"
        },
        {
          "word": "ど"
        },
        {
          "word": "な"
        },
        {
          "word": "に"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぬ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ね"
        },
        {
          "word": "の"
        },
        {
          "word": "は"
        },
        {
          "word": "ば"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぱ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ひ"
        },
        {
          "word": "び"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぴ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ふ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぶ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "へ"
        },
        {
          "word": "べ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぺ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ほ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぼ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぽ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ま"
        },
        {
          "word": "み"
        },
        {
          "word": "む"
        },
        {
          "word": "め"
        },
        {
          "word": "も"
        },
        {
          "word": "や"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀆"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゆ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀁"
        },
        {
          "word": "よ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ょ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ら"
        },
        {
          "word": "゚"
        },
        {
          "word": "り"
        },
        {
          "word": "る"
        },
        {
          "word": "れ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ろ"
        },
        {
          "word": "わ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "゙"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅐"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄟"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゑ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅑"
        },
        {
          "word": "を"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅒"
        },
        {
          "word": "ん"
        },
        {
          "word": "ー"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゝ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゞ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゟ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ぅ"
}

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        "2": "u"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Small form of the hiragana character う (u).",
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      "expansion": "ぅ",
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "combining_form",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "katakana small u",
      "word": "ゥ"
    },
    {
      "english": "full-size u",
      "word": "う"
    },
    {
      "word": "平"
    },
    {
      "word": "仮"
    },
    {
      "word": "名"
    },
    {
      "word": "あ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぁ"
    },
    {
      "word": "い"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "う"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゔ"
    },
    {
      "word": "え"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぇ"
    },
    {
      "word": "お"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぉ"
    },
    {
      "word": "か"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゕ"
    },
    {
      "word": "が"
    },
    {
      "word": "き"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "く"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "け"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゖ"
    },
    {
      "word": "げ"
    },
    {
      "word": "こ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄲"
    },
    {
      "word": "ご"
    },
    {
      "word": "さ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ざ"
    },
    {
      "word": "し"
    },
    {
      "word": "じ"
    },
    {
      "word": "す"
    },
    {
      "word": "ず"
    },
    {
      "word": "せ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぜ"
    },
    {
      "word": "そ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "た"
    },
    {
      "word": "だ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ち"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぢ"
    },
    {
      "word": "つ"
    },
    {
      "word": "っ"
    },
    {
      "word": "づ"
    },
    {
      "word": "て"
    },
    {
      "word": "で"
    },
    {
      "word": "と"
    },
    {
      "word": "ど"
    },
    {
      "word": "な"
    },
    {
      "word": "に"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぬ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ね"
    },
    {
      "word": "の"
    },
    {
      "word": "は"
    },
    {
      "word": "ば"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぱ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ひ"
    },
    {
      "word": "び"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぴ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ふ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぶ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぷ"
    },
    {
      "word": "へ"
    },
    {
      "word": "べ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぺ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ほ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぽ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ま"
    },
    {
      "word": "み"
    },
    {
      "word": "む"
    },
    {
      "word": "め"
    },
    {
      "word": "も"
    },
    {
      "word": "や"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀆"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゆ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀁"
    },
    {
      "word": "よ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ょ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ら"
    },
    {
      "word": "゚"
    },
    {
      "word": "り"
    },
    {
      "word": "る"
    },
    {
      "word": "れ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ろ"
    },
    {
      "word": "わ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "゙"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅐"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄟"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゑ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅑"
    },
    {
      "word": "を"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅒"
    },
    {
      "word": "ん"
    },
    {
      "word": "ー"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゟ"
    }
  ],
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        "Japanese combining forms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "どぅ - the sound [du] rather than [do] (ど) or [(d)zu] (づ)"
        },
        {
          "text": "ですぅ - specifies that the final u in です (desu) should not be silent"
        },
        {
          "text": "ですぅぅぅ - specifies that the final u in です (desu) should be very long"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Small combining form of hiragana う (u) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous hiragana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "う",
          "う#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ぅ"
}