"ええっと" meaning in Japanese

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Interjection

IPA: [e̞ːt̚to̞] Forms: ētto [romanization], ええと [alternative], んんっと [alternative], んんと [alternative]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} ええっと • (ētto)
  1. let me see, let's see; now, well, oh, ah; er, uh, um Related terms: あのう (anō)

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ētto",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ええと",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "んんっと",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "んんと",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "ええっと • (ētto)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Well, it's difficult to explain.",
          "roman": "Ētto, setsumei suru no wa muzukashii desu ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "説",
              "せつ"
            ],
            [
              "明",
              "めい"
            ],
            [
              "難",
              "むずか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ええっと、説明するのは難しいですね。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Let me see, where did I put the key?",
          "roman": "Ētto, kagi o doko ni oita ka na?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "鍵",
              "かぎ"
            ],
            [
              "置",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ええっと、鍵をどこに置いたかな?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It was about, er, ten months ago.",
          "roman": "Sore wa, ētto, jukka getsu hodo mae deshita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "十",
              "じゅっ"
            ],
            [
              "月",
              "げつ"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それは、ええっと、十か月ほど前でした。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "let me see, let's see; now, well, oh, ah; er, uh, um"
      ],
      "id": "en-ええっと-ja-intj-ScHuRr8r",
      "links": [
        [
          "let me see",
          "let me see"
        ],
        [
          "let's see",
          "let's see"
        ],
        [
          "now",
          "now"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ],
        [
          "er",
          "er"
        ],
        [
          "uh",
          "uh"
        ],
        [
          "um",
          "um"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "anō",
          "word": "あのう"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ええっと"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e̞ːt̚to̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ええっと"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ētto",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ええと",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "んんっと",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "んんと",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "ええっと • (ētto)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "anō",
      "word": "あのう"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese interjections",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
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            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Well, it's difficult to explain.",
          "roman": "Ētto, setsumei suru no wa muzukashii desu ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "説",
              "せつ"
            ],
            [
              "明",
              "めい"
            ],
            [
              "難",
              "むずか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ええっと、説明するのは難しいですね。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Let me see, where did I put the key?",
          "roman": "Ētto, kagi o doko ni oita ka na?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "鍵",
              "かぎ"
            ],
            [
              "置",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ええっと、鍵をどこに置いたかな?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It was about, er, ten months ago.",
          "roman": "Sore wa, ētto, jukka getsu hodo mae deshita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "十",
              "じゅっ"
            ],
            [
              "月",
              "げつ"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それは、ええっと、十か月ほど前でした。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "let me see, let's see; now, well, oh, ah; er, uh, um"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "let me see",
          "let me see"
        ],
        [
          "let's see",
          "let's see"
        ],
        [
          "now",
          "now"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ],
        [
          "er",
          "er"
        ],
        [
          "uh",
          "uh"
        ],
        [
          "um",
          "um"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ええっと"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e̞ːt̚to̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ええっと"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ええっと meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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