えーと in Japanese

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ēto",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "えーと • (ēto)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "ētto",
          "word": "ええっと"
        }
      ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of ええっと (ētto)"
      ],
      "id": "en-えーと-ja-intj-HE3d8ZWh",
      "links": [
        [
          "ええっと",
          "ええっと#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ええと"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e̞ːto̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "えーと"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ēto",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "えーと • (ēto)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "ētto",
          "word": "ええっと"
        }
      ],
      "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 spelled with ー",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of ええっと (ētto)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ええっと",
          "ええっと#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ええと"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e̞ːto̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "えーと"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "えーと"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "えーと",
  "trace": ""
}

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"えーと" meaning in Japanese

Interjection

Alternative forms