"うたう" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [ɯ̟ᵝta̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: From Old Japanese and ultimately related to 歌 (uta, “song”). First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|歌|t=song|tr=uta}} 歌 (uta, “song”), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=うたふ|tr=both|type=1}} うたう • (utau) ^(←うたふ (utafu)?)transitive or intransitive godan (stem うたい (utai), past うたった (utatta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|うた|4-p}} Forms: utau [romanization], utafu [romanization], うたい [stem], うたった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], うたわ [error-unrecognized-form], utawa [error-unrecognized-form], うたい [error-unrecognized-form], utai [error-unrecognized-form], うたう [error-unrecognized-form], utau [error-unrecognized-form], うたえ [error-unrecognized-form], utae [error-unrecognized-form], うたわれる [passive], utawareru [passive], うたわせる [causative], うたわす [causative], utawaseru [causative], utawasu [causative], うたえる [potential], utaeru [potential], うたおう [volitional], utaō [volitional], うたわない [negative], utawanai [negative], うたわず [continuative, negative], utawazu [continuative, negative], うたいます [formal], utaimasu [formal], うたった [perfective], utatta [perfective], うたって [conjunctive], utatte [conjunctive], うたえば [conditional, hypothetical], utaeba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], うたは [irrealis, stem], utafa [irrealis, stem], うたひ [continuative, stem], utafi [continuative, stem], うたふ [stem, terminative], utafu [stem, terminative], うたふ [attributive, stem], utafu [attributive, stem], うたへ [realis, stem], utafe [realis, stem], うたへ [imperative, stem], utafe [imperative, stem], うたはず [negative], utafazu [negative], うたへど [contrastive], utafedo [contrastive], うたへば [causative], utafeba [causative], うたはば [conditional], utafaba [conditional], うたひき [past], utafiki [past], うたひけり [past], utafikeri [past], うたひつ [perfect], utafitu [perfect], うたひぬ [perfect], utafinu [perfect], うたへり [continuative, perfect], うたひたり [continuative, perfect], utaferi [continuative, perfect], utafitari [continuative, perfect], うたはむ [volitional], utafamu [volitional]
  1. 歌う, 唄う: (transitive, intransitive) to sing
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-gHWgfJ4S
  2. 歌う, 唄う: (transitive, intransitive) to sing
    謡う: (specifically) to sing a noh song
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-Vw4dV8Oe
  3. 詠う: (transitive) to compose poetry
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-gGqZE2c7
  4. 詠う: (transitive, intransitive) to recite poetry
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-Yv8rQDSq
  5. 歌う, 唄う: (intransitive) to tweet, said of birds Synonyms: 鳴く
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-3uuTkAGZ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 25 14 14 32 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 10 18 13 13 37 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 20 12 11 41 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 20 12 11 41 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 8 21 13 12 40 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 20 12 11 41 8
  6. 謳う: to state, praise (for own good)
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-qqjLm0IY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 歌にばかり歌う (uta ni bakari utau) (ruby: (うた), (うた)), 飲めや歌え (nome ya utae), 飲めや歌えや (nome ya utae ya)
Derived forms: 謳う (utau) (ruby: (うた)) (english: praise, extol), (utai) (ruby: (うたい)), 歌い合う (utaiau) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い上げる (utaiageru) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い出し (utaidashi) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い継ぐ (utaitsugu) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い手 (utaite) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い捲る (utaimakuru) (ruby: (うた), (まく)), 歌い回し (utaimawashi) (ruby: (うた), (まわ)), 歌い女 (utaime) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い物 (utaimono) (ruby: (うた), (もの)), 歌歌い (utautai) (ruby: (うた), (うた)), 弾き歌い (hikiutai) (ruby: (), (うた))

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "praise, extol",
      "roman": "utau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "謳",
          "うた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "謳う"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "謡",
          "うたい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "謡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaiau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "合",
          "あ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い合う"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaiageru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "上",
          "あ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い上げる"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaidashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い出し"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaitsugu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "継",
          "つ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い継ぐ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaite",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaimakuru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "捲",
          "まく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い捲る"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaimawashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "回",
          "まわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い回し"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaime",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaimono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utautai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌歌い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hikiutai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "弾",
          "ひ"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "弾き歌い"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "歌",
        "t": "song",
        "tr": "uta"
      },
      "expansion": "歌 (uta, “song”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese and ultimately related to 歌 (uta, “song”).\nFirst attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "utau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたい",
      "roman": "utai",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたった",
      "roman": "utatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utaferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "うたふ",
        "tr": "both",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "うたう • (utau) ^(←うたふ (utafu)?)transitive or intransitive godan (stem うたい (utai), past うたった (utatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うた",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "roman": "natsu utau mono wa fuyu naku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夏",
          "なつ"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "冬",
          "ふゆ"
        ],
        [
          "泣",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "夏歌う者は冬泣く"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mendori utaeba ie horobu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "雌",
          "めん"
        ],
        [
          "鳥",
          "どり"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "家",
          "いえ"
        ],
        [
          "滅",
          "ほろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "雌鳥歌えば家滅ぶ"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "uta ni bakari utau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌にばかり歌う"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nome ya utae",
      "word": "飲めや歌え"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nome ya utae ya",
      "word": "飲めや歌えや"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "歌う, 唄う: (transitive, intransitive) to sing"
      ],
      "id": "en-うたう-ja-verb-gHWgfJ4S",
      "links": [
        [
          "歌う",
          "歌う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "唄う",
          "唄う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "歌う, 唄う: (transitive, intransitive) to sing",
        "謡う: (specifically) to sing a noh song"
      ],
      "id": "en-うたう-ja-verb-Vw4dV8Oe",
      "links": [
        [
          "歌う",
          "歌う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "唄う",
          "唄う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ],
        [
          "謡う",
          "謡う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "noh song",
          "謡曲#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "詠う: (transitive) to compose poetry"
      ],
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          "word": "鳴く"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "うたえ",
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      "form": "utae",
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      "form": "うたわれる",
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      "form": "utawareru",
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      "form": "うたわす",
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      "form": "utawaseru",
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      "form": "utawasu",
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      "form": "utaeru",
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      "form": "うたおう",
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      "form": "utaō",
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      "form": "うたわない",
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      "form": "utawanai",
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      "form": "うたわず",
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      "form": "utawazu",
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      "form": "うたいます",
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      "form": "utaimasu",
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      "form": "うたった",
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      "form": "utatta",
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      "form": "うたって",
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    {
      "form": "utatte",
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        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "うたえば",
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      "form": "utaeba",
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        "conditional",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
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      "form": "うたは",
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      "form": "utafa",
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      "form": "うたひ",
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      "form": "utafi",
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      "form": "うたふ",
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      "form": "utafu",
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      "form": "うたふ",
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      "form": "utafu",
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      "form": "utafe",
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      "form": "うたへ",
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      "form": "utafe",
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      "form": "うたはず",
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    {
      "form": "utafazu",
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      "form": "うたへど",
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      "form": "utafedo",
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      "form": "うたへば",
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      "form": "utafeba",
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      "form": "utafaba",
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      "form": "うたひき",
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      "form": "utafiki",
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      "form": "うたひけり",
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      "form": "utafikeri",
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      "form": "うたひつ",
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      "form": "utafitu",
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      "form": "utaferi",
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      "form": "utafitari",
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      "form": "うたはむ",
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          "歌",
          "うた"
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    {
      "roman": "mendori utaeba ie horobu",
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          "雌",
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          "歌",
          "うた"
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          "歌",
          "うた"
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        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
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          "唄う",
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          "歌う",
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          "謡う",
          "謡う#Japanese"
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      "categories": [
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          "詠う",
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          "compose"
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          "poetry",
          "poetry"
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    {
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          "recite",
          "recite"
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      "categories": [
        "Japanese intransitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "歌う, 唄う: (intransitive) to tweet, said of birds"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "歌う",
          "歌う#Japanese"
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        [
          "唄う",
          "唄う#Japanese"
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        [
          "tweet",
          "tweet"
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        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
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        {
          "word": "鳴く"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "謳う: to state, praise (for own good)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "謳う",
          "謳う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "praise",
          "praise"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うたう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ᵝta̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki"
  ],
  "word": "うたう"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "うたう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うたう",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "うたう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うたう",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "うたう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うたう",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "うたう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うたう",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "うたう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うたう",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "うたう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うたう",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "うたう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うたう",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "うたう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うたう",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.