"うろ" meaning in Japanese

See うろ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Affix

Forms: uro [romanization]
Etymology: Shift from おろ (oro, “insufficent”). Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix}} うろ • (uro)
  1. somewhat insufficiently uncertain
    Sense id: en-うろ-ja-affix-hLDizdIA Categories (other): Japanese affixes, 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, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: uro [romanization]
Etymology: Abbreviation of 道路 (douro, “road”). Head templates: {{ja-noun}} うろ • (uro)
  1. (slang, used by criminals) a road Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-うろ-ja-noun-mIawzIVt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-うろ-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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  ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for うろ meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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