"がな" meaning in Japanese

See がな in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

Forms: gana [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} がな • (gana)
  1. particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)
    Sense id: en-がな-ja-particle-zW0CkKUA Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 79 7 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 73 8 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 75 8 17 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 47 32 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 76 8 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 3 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 3 8
  2. emphatic particle
    Sense id: en-がな-ja-particle-yoyNx3JS
  3. particle adding uncertainty
    Sense id: en-がな-ja-particle-F1e4b-cv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 言わずもがな (iwazumogana) (ruby: ()), 日がな一日 (hi gana ichinichi) (ruby: (), 一日(いちにち))
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "iwazumogana",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "言わずもがな"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "hi gana ichinichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "ひ"
        ],
        [
          "一日",
          "いちにち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日がな一日"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gana",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "がな • (gana)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 7 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 8 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 8 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 32 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 8 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 3 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 3 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. \"it would be nice if ...\", \"I wish there were ...\", etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-がな-ja-particle-zW0CkKUA"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "emphatic particle"
      ],
      "id": "en-がな-ja-particle-yoyNx3JS"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "particle adding uncertainty"
      ],
      "id": "en-がな-ja-particle-F1e4b-cv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "がな"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "iwazumogana",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "言わずもがな"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hi gana ichinichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "ひ"
        ],
        [
          "一日",
          "いちにち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日がな一日"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gana",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "がな • (gana)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. \"it would be nice if ...\", \"I wish there were ...\", etc.)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "emphatic particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "particle adding uncertainty"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "がな"
}

Download raw JSONL data for がな meaning in Japanese (1.0kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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