"かまう" meaning in Japanese

See かまう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ka̠ma̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=かまふ|tr=both|type=1}} かまう • (kamau) ^(←かまふ (kamafu)?)transitive or intransitive godan (stem かまい (kamai), past かまった (kamatta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|かま|4-p}} Forms: kamau [romanization], kamafu [romanization], かまい [stem], かまった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], かまわ [error-unrecognized-form], kamawa [error-unrecognized-form], かまい [error-unrecognized-form], kamai [error-unrecognized-form], かまう [error-unrecognized-form], kamau [error-unrecognized-form], かまえ [error-unrecognized-form], kamae [error-unrecognized-form], かまわれる [passive], kamawareru [passive], かまわせる [causative], かまわす [causative], kamawaseru [causative], kamawasu [causative], かまえる [potential], kamaeru [potential], かまおう [volitional], kamaō [volitional], かまわない [negative], kamawanai [negative], かまわず [continuative, negative], kamawazu [continuative, negative], かまいます [formal], kamaimasu [formal], かまった [perfective], kamatta [perfective], かまって [conjunctive], kamatte [conjunctive], かまえば [conditional, hypothetical], kamaeba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], かまは [irrealis, stem], kamafa [irrealis, stem], かまひ [continuative, stem], kamafi [continuative, stem], かまふ [stem, terminative], kamafu [stem, terminative], かまふ [attributive, stem], kamafu [attributive, stem], かまへ [realis, stem], kamafe [realis, stem], かまへ [imperative, stem], kamafe [imperative, stem], かまはず [negative], kamafazu [negative], かまへど [contrastive], kamafedo [contrastive], かまへば [causative], kamafeba [causative], かまはば [conditional], kamafaba [conditional], かまひき [past], kamafiki [past], かまひけり [past], kamafikeri [past], かまひつ [perfect], kamafitu [perfect], かまひぬ [perfect], kamafinu [perfect], かまへり [continuative, perfect], かまひたり [continuative, perfect], kamaferi [continuative, perfect], kamafitari [continuative, perfect], かまはむ [volitional], kamafamu [volitional]
  1. to care about; to mind
    Sense id: en-かまう-ja-verb-k3xINWk7
  2. to pay attention (affectionate) to a person
    Sense id: en-かまう-ja-verb-Z0h~zpRe 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 redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 98 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: かまってちゃん (kamatte-chan) (english: attention-seeker)

Alternative forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "attention-seeker",
      "roman": "kamatte-chan",
      "word": "かまってちゃん"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kamau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまい",
      "roman": "kamai",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまった",
      "roman": "kamatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamaferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "かまふ",
        "tr": "both",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "かまう • (kamau) ^(←かまふ (kamafu)?)transitive or intransitive godan (stem かまい (kamai), past かまった (kamatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かま",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It doesn't matter.",
          "roman": "Kamaimasen.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "構",
              "かま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "構いません。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to care about; to mind"
      ],
      "id": "en-かまう-ja-verb-k3xINWk7",
      "links": [
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Give me attention.",
          "roman": "Kamatte.",
          "text": "かまって。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Give me attention.",
          "roman": "Kamatte hoshii.",
          "text": "かまってほしい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pay attention (affectionate) to a person"
      ],
      "id": "en-かまう-ja-verb-Z0h~zpRe",
      "links": [
        [
          "pay attention",
          "pay attention"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ma̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "かまう"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese type 1 verbs",
    "Japanese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "attention-seeker",
      "roman": "kamatte-chan",
      "word": "かまってちゃん"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kamau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまい",
      "roman": "kamai",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまった",
      "roman": "kamatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamaferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かまはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamafamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "かまふ",
        "tr": "both",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "かまう • (kamau) ^(←かまふ (kamafu)?)transitive or intransitive godan (stem かまい (kamai), past かまった (kamatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かま",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It doesn't matter.",
          "roman": "Kamaimasen.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "構",
              "かま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "構いません。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to care about; to mind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Give me attention.",
          "roman": "Kamatte.",
          "text": "かまって。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Give me attention.",
          "roman": "Kamatte hoshii.",
          "text": "かまってほしい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pay attention (affectionate) to a person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pay attention",
          "pay attention"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ma̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "かまう"
}

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