"さもしい" meaning in Japanese

See さもしい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} さもしい • (samoshii) -i (adverbial さもしく (samoshiku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=|lemma=さもし|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: samoshii [romanization], さもしく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], さもしかろ [imperfective, stem], samoshikaro [imperfective, stem], さもしく [continuative, stem], samoshiku [continuative, stem], さもしい [stem, terminative], samoshii [stem, terminative], さもしい [attributive, stem], samoshii [attributive, stem], さもしけれ [hypothetical, stem], samoshikere [hypothetical, stem], さもしかれ [imperative, stem], samoshikare [imperative, stem], さもしくない [informal, negative], samoshiku nai [informal, negative], さもしかった [informal, past], samoshikatta [informal, past], さもしくなかった [informal, negative, past], samoshiku nakatta [informal, negative, past], さもしいです [formal], samoshii desu [formal], さもしくないです [formal, negative], samoshiku nai desu [formal, negative], さもしかったです [formal, past], samoshikatta desu [formal, past], さもしくなかったです [formal, negative, past], samoshiku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], さもしくて [conjunctive], samoshikute [conjunctive], さもしければ [conditional], samoshikereba [conditional], さもしかったら [conditional, past], samoshikattara [conditional, past], さもしかろう [volitional], samoshikarō [volitional], さもしく [adverbial], samoshiku [adverbial], さもしさ [noun-from-adj], samoshisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. mean, selfish
    Sense id: en-さもしい-ja-adj-UMMfeInf 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: 81 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 76 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 76 24
  2. ugly
    Sense id: en-さもしい-ja-adj-ct4nWsC0 Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 59 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0
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    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
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      "name": "Pages with entries",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "samoshii",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしく",
      "roman": "samoshiku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "さもしい • (samoshii) -i (adverbial さもしく (samoshiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "さもし",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "59 41",
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          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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          "_dis": "78 22",
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          "_dis": "76 24",
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      "glosses": [
        "mean, selfish"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "mean",
          "mean"
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        [
          "selfish",
          "selfish"
        ]
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      "glosses": [
        "ugly"
      ],
      "id": "en-さもしい-ja-adj-ct4nWsC0",
      "links": [
        [
          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "さもしい"
}
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "samoshii",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "さもしく",
      "roman": "samoshiku",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "さもしかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "samoshikaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "さもしく",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "stem"
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      "form": "samoshiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "さもしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
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    {
      "form": "samoshii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "さもしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "samoshii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "samoshikere",
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        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "さもしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "samoshikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さもしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samoshisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
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        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
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        "mean, selfish"
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  "word": "さもしい"
}

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