"うぶげ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟bɯ̟ɡe̞] Forms: ubuge [romanization], うぶげ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 初(うぶ) (ubu) + 毛(け) (ke). The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|初|うぶ|毛|け|t1=|t2=}} 初(うぶ) (ubu) + 毛(け) (ke), {{sortkey|ja|うぶげ}} うふけ, {{rendaku2|ke|ge}} The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=うぶげ}} うぶげ • (ubuge) ^(←うぶげ (ubuge)?)
  1. body hair of newborn infants or animals; lanugo
    Sense id: en-うぶげ-ja-noun-JXqxIQws Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hair Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Hair: 63 37
  2. peach fuzz (facial hair)
    Sense id: en-うぶげ-ja-noun-i06ycYzf Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45
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        "t2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "初(うぶ) (ubu) + 毛(け) (ke)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    },
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        "1": "ja",
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      },
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      },
      "expansion": "The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "rendaku2"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 初(うぶ) (ubu) + 毛(け) (ke). The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ubuge",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "ubuge",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "51 49",
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          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Hair",
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        "body hair of newborn infants or animals; lanugo"
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      "links": [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "newborn",
          "newborn"
        ],
        [
          "infant",
          "infant"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "lanugo",
          "lanugo"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "peach fuzz (facial hair)"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "peach fuzz",
          "peach fuzz"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うぶげ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟bɯ̟ɡe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うぶげ"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with rendaku",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Hair"
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  "etymology_templates": [
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      },
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    },
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      },
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うぶげ",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "hair",
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        ],
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          "newborn"
        ],
        [
          "infant",
          "infant"
        ],
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          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
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          "lanugo"
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    },
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        "peach fuzz (facial hair)"
      ],
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        [
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          "peach fuzz"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟bɯ̟ɡe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うぶげ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for うぶげ meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
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