"かまう" meaning in Japanese

See かまう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ka̠ma̠ɯ̟]
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 godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, 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: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
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": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It doesn't matter.",
          "roman": "Kamaimasen.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "構",
              "かま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "構いません。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to care about; to mind"
      ],
      "id": "en-かまう-ja-verb-k3xINWk7",
      "links": [
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "Kamatte.",
          "text": "かまって。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "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": [
    {
      "other": "かまう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ma̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "かまう"
}
{
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    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
    "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 verbs",
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "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",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "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"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kamai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "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"
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    },
    {
      "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"
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    },
    {
      "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": [
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        "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かま",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      ],
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          "english": "It doesn't matter.",
          "roman": "Kamaimasen.",
          "ruby": [
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              "構",
              "かま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "構いません。",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to care about; to mind"
      ],
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        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "roman": "Kamatte.",
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        },
        {
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            ]
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          ],
          "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": [
    {
      "other": "かまう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ma̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "かまう"
}

Download raw JSONL data for かまう meaning in Japanese (7.2kB)

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