See うきよ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"浮世節",
"浮世節#Japanese"
]
]
},
{
"attestations": [
{
"date": "from 1638",
"references": []
}
],
"glosses": [
"浮き世, 浮世: synonym of 浮世袋 (ukiyobukuro, “kind of early modern period bag”)"
],
"links": [
[
"浮き世",
"浮き世#Japanese"
],
[
"浮世",
"浮世#Japanese"
],
[
"浮世袋",
"浮世袋#Japanese"
]
]
},
{
"attestations": [
{
"date": "unclear",
"references": []
}
],
"glosses": [
"a type of aloes wood"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "うきよ"
},
{
"other": "うきよ"
},
{
"other": "うきよ"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɯ̟kʲijo̞]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Early Modern Japanese",
"Heian period",
"Late Middle Japanese",
"Muromachi period",
"Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
"Shōgakukan",
"Tokyo",
"ja:小学館",
"ja:平山輝男",
"ja:日本国語大辞典"
],
"word": "うきよ"
}
Download raw JSONL data for うきよ meaning in Japanese (7.0kB)
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"うきよ"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "うきよ",
"trace": ""
}
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