"く" meaning in Japanese

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Suffix

IPA: [kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: -ku [romanization]
Etymology: /-u aku//-ru aku//-ki aku/ → /(-a)ku//-raku//-keku/ Originally a compound of the 連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei) of verbs and adjectives and 所(あく) (aku); 上代特殊仮名遣 (jōdai tokushu kanazukai) contractions of vowel clusters caused it to be reanalyzed as the suffixes: * く (ku) following ** 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei) of 四段活用(よだんかつよう) (yodan katsuyō) and ラ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (ra-gyō henkaku katsuyō) verbs * らく (raku) following **終止形(しゅうしけい) (shūshikei) of 二段活用(にだんかつよう) (nidan katsuyō), サ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (sa-gyō henkaku katsuyō), カ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (ka-gyō henkaku katsuyō), and ナ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (na-gyō henkaku katsuyō) verbs ** 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei) or 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei) of 一段活用(いちだんかつよう) (ichidan katsuyō) verbs * けく (keku) following the stem of adjectives. The use of this nominalizer is called ク語法(ごほう) (ku-gohō). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|/-ru aku/}} /-ru aku/, {{IPAfont|/-raku/}} /-raku/, {{ja-r|連体形|れんたいけい}} 連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei), {{ja-r|所|あく}} 所(あく) (aku), {{m|ja|上代特殊仮名遣|tr=jōdai tokushu kanazukai}} 上代特殊仮名遣 (jōdai tokushu kanazukai), {{ja-r|く}} く (ku), {{ja-r|未然形|みぜんけい}} 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei), {{ja-r|四段活用|よだん かつよう}} 四段活用(よだんかつよう) (yodan katsuyō), {{ja-r|ラ行変格活用|ラ-ぎょう へんかく かつよう}} ラ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (ra-gyō henkaku katsuyō), {{ja-r|らく}} らく (raku), {{ja-r|終止形|しゅうしけい}} 終止形(しゅうしけい) (shūshikei), {{ja-r|二段活用|にだん かつよう}} 二段活用(にだんかつよう) (nidan katsuyō), {{ja-r|サ行変格活用|サ-ぎょう へんかく かつよう}} サ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (sa-gyō henkaku katsuyō), {{ja-r|カ行変格活用|カ-ぎょう へんかく かつよう}} カ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (ka-gyō henkaku katsuyō), {{ja-r|ナ行変格活用|ナ-ぎょう へんかく かつよう}} ナ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (na-gyō henkaku katsuyō), {{ja-r|未然形|みぜんけい}} 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei), {{ja-r|連用形|れんようけい}} 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei), {{ja-r|一段活用|いちだん かつよう}} 一段活用(いちだんかつよう) (ichidan katsuyō), {{ja-r|けく}} けく (keku), {{ja-r|ク語法|ク-ごほう}} ク語法(ごほう) (ku-gohō) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} く • (-ku)
  1. (obsolete) A nominalizing suffix in Old Japanese. Tags: morpheme, obsolete Synonyms: らく (raku), けく (keku)
    Sense id: en-く-ja-suffix-tYJkWrKB Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 70 23 6 1 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 66 21 10 2 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 66 21 10 2 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 67 22 9 1 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 69 19 9 1 1 Derived forms: 曰く (iwaku) (ruby: (いわ)), 曰く (notamawaku) (ruby: (のたまわ)), 願わくは (negawaku wa) (ruby: (ねが)), 思惑 (omowaku) (ruby: 思惑(おもわく)), 恐らく (osoraku) (ruby: (おそ)), 体たらく (teitaraku), 為体 (teitaraku), 以為らく (omoeraku) (ruby: 以為(おもえ)), まく (-maku), なく (-naku), 須らく (subekaraku) (ruby: (すべか)), 聞くならく (kikunaraku) (ruby: ())
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Syllable

IPA: [kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: ku [romanization]
Etymology: Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 久 in the cursive sōsho style. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|久}} 久, {{ja-kana-mannyogana-etym}} Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 久 in the cursive sōsho style Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} く • (ku)
  1. The hiragana syllable く (ku). Its equivalent in katakana is ク (ku). It is the eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行う段 (ka-gyō u-dan, “row ka, section u”). Derived forms: (gu)
    Sense id: en-く-ja-syllable-t81muflI Related terms: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛄲, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛀆, , , 𛀁, , , , ゚, , , , , , , ゙, , 𛅐, 𛄟, , 𛅑, , 𛅒, , , ゝ, ゞ,
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: ku [romanization]
Etymology: Some obsolete inflections. Head templates: {{ja-verb}} く • (ku)
  1. 消: disappear
    Sense id: en-く-ja-verb-3tUuYwQX Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 40 30 30
  2. 来: come
    Sense id: en-く-ja-verb-QWhp7xbw
  3. 繰: repeat
    Sense id: en-く-ja-verb-TKfLm48j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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          "行",
          "行#Japanese"
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        {
          "word": "平"
        },
        {
          "word": "仮"
        },
        {
          "word": "名"
        },
        {
          "word": "あ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぁ"
        },
        {
          "word": "い"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "う"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゔ"
        },
        {
          "word": "え"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぇ"
        },
        {
          "word": "お"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぉ"
        },
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          "word": "か"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゕ"
        },
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          "word": "が"
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        {
          "word": "き"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "く"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "け"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゖ"
        },
        {
          "word": "げ"
        },
        {
          "word": "こ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄲"
        },
        {
          "word": "ご"
        },
        {
          "word": "さ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ざ"
        },
        {
          "word": "し"
        },
        {
          "word": "じ"
        },
        {
          "word": "す"
        },
        {
          "word": "ず"
        },
        {
          "word": "せ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぜ"
        },
        {
          "word": "そ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぞ"
        },
        {
          "word": "た"
        },
        {
          "word": "だ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ち"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぢ"
        },
        {
          "word": "つ"
        },
        {
          "word": "っ"
        },
        {
          "word": "づ"
        },
        {
          "word": "て"
        },
        {
          "word": "で"
        },
        {
          "word": "と"
        },
        {
          "word": "ど"
        },
        {
          "word": "な"
        },
        {
          "word": "に"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぬ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ね"
        },
        {
          "word": "の"
        },
        {
          "word": "は"
        },
        {
          "word": "ば"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぱ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ひ"
        },
        {
          "word": "び"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぴ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ふ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぶ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "へ"
        },
        {
          "word": "べ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぺ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ほ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぼ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぽ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ま"
        },
        {
          "word": "み"
        },
        {
          "word": "む"
        },
        {
          "word": "め"
        },
        {
          "word": "も"
        },
        {
          "word": "や"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀆"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゆ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀁"
        },
        {
          "word": "よ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ょ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ら"
        },
        {
          "word": "゚"
        },
        {
          "word": "り"
        },
        {
          "word": "る"
        },
        {
          "word": "れ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ろ"
        },
        {
          "word": "わ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "゙"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅐"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄟"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゑ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅑"
        },
        {
          "word": "を"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅒"
        },
        {
          "word": "ん"
        },
        {
          "word": "ー"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゝ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゞ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゟ"
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
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}

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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "カ行変格活用",
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      },
      "expansion": "カ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (ka-gyō henkaku katsuyō)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
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        "1": "ナ行変格活用",
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      "args": {
        "1": "一段活用",
        "2": "いちだん かつよう"
      },
      "expansion": "一段活用(いちだんかつよう) (ichidan katsuyō)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "けく"
      },
      "expansion": "けく (keku)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ク語法",
        "2": "ク-ごほう"
      },
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          "roman": "notamawaku",
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        {
          "roman": "negawaku wa",
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              "願",
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            ]
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          "roman": "omowaku",
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        {
          "roman": "osoraku",
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            ]
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          "roman": "teitaraku",
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          "roman": "omoeraku",
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            ]
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          "roman": "-maku",
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          "roman": "-naku",
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        {
          "roman": "subekaraku",
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            [
              "須",
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            ]
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          "roman": "kikunaraku",
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            [
              "聞",
              "き"
            ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
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    "Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai",
    "ja:ク語法"
  ],
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}
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      "word": "ゔ"
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      "word": "え"
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      "word": "ぇ"
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      "word": "ゕ"
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      "word": "き"
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      "word": "ぎ"
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      "word": "ゖ"
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      "word": "こ"
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      "word": "さ"
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      "word": "し"
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      "word": "じ"
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      "word": "す"
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      "word": "ず"
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      "word": "ぜ"
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      "word": "そ"
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      "word": "ぞ"
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      "word": "た"
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      "word": "だ"
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      "word": "ち"
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      "word": "ぢ"
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      "word": "つ"
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      "word": "っ"
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      "word": "づ"
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      "word": "て"
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      "word": "で"
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      "word": "と"
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      "word": "ど"
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      "word": "な"
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      "word": "に"
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      "word": "ぬ"
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      "word": "ね"
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      "word": "の"
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      "word": "は"
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      "word": "ば"
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      "word": "ぱ"
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      "word": "ひ"
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      "word": "び"
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      "word": "ぴ"
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      "word": "ふ"
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      "word": "ぶ"
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      "word": "ぷ"
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      "word": "へ"
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      "word": "べ"
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      "word": "ぺ"
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      "word": "ほ"
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      "word": "ぼ"
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      "word": "ぽ"
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      "word": "ま"
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      "word": "み"
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      "word": "む"
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      "word": "め"
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      "word": "も"
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      "word": "や"
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    {
      "word": "ゃ"
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    {
      "word": "𛀆"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゆ"
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    {
      "word": "ゅ"
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    {
      "word": "𛀁"
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      "word": "よ"
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    {
      "word": "ょ"
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      "word": "ら"
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    {
      "word": "゚"
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      "word": "り"
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      "word": "る"
    },
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      "word": "れ"
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      "word": "ろ"
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      "word": "わ"
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      "word": "ゎ"
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      "word": "゙"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅐"
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    {
      "word": "𛄟"
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      "word": "ゑ"
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    {
      "word": "𛅑"
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    {
      "word": "を"
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    {
      "word": "𛅒"
    },
    {
      "word": "ん"
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    {
      "word": "ー"
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    {
      "word": "ゝ"
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    {
      "word": "ゞ"
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      "word": "ゟ"
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          "ク",
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    "懼"
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      "form": "ku",
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      "glosses": [
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      "glosses": [
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        [
          "来",
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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 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.