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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "-san",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: -san",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: -san"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Chinese:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chinese:"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mandarin:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "桑"
},
"expansion": "桑 (sāng)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"text": "→ Mandarin: 桑 (sāng)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "상",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 상 (sang)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 상 (sang)"
}
],
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"1": "様",
"2": "さま"
},
"expansion": "様(さま) (sama)",
"name": "ja-r"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from 様(さま) (sama).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-san",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "さん • (-san)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "suffix",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "more respectful",
"roman": "sama",
"ruby": [
[
"様",
"さま"
]
],
"word": "様"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "more familiar, especially of young women and children",
"roman": "chan",
"word": "ちゃん"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "more familiar, especially of men",
"roman": "kun",
"ruby": [
[
"君",
"くん"
]
],
"word": "君"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "more respectful",
"roman": "dono",
"ruby": [
[
"殿",
"どの"
]
],
"word": "殿"
}
],
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{
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"_dis": "83 2 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "79 4 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "79 5 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "79 4 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Mr/Ms. Yamada",
"roman": "Yamada-san",
"ruby": [
[
"山",
"やま"
],
[
"田",
"だ"
]
],
"text": "山田さん"
},
{
"text": "あきらさん ― Akira-san ― Akira",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ruby": [
[
"山",
"やま"
],
[
"田",
"だ"
]
],
"text": "山田あきらさん ― Yamada Akira-san ― Mr/Ms. Akira Yamada"
},
{
"english": "Sir/Madam (lit. \"Mr/Ms. shop clerk\"; used when talking to a shop clerk.)",
"roman": "ten'in-san",
"ruby": [
[
"店",
"てん"
],
[
"員",
"いん"
]
],
"text": "店員さん"
},
{
"english": "Sir/Madam (lit. \"Mr/Ms. driver\"; used when talking to a taxi/bus driver.)",
"roman": "untenshu-san",
"ruby": [
[
"運",
"うん"
],
[
"転",
"てん"
],
[
"手",
"しゅ"
]
],
"text": "運転手さん"
},
{
"english": "Sir/Madam (used in business by people meeting Sony.)",
"roman": "Sonī-san",
"text": "ソニーさん",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A title used after person's name (first name or surname) regardless of sex; Mr, Ms, Mrs, Miss. Also used after a job title and a company name."
],
"id": "en-さん-ja-suffix-3c9-S~Nd",
"links": [
[
"Mr",
"Mr"
],
[
"Ms",
"Ms"
],
[
"Mrs",
"Mrs"
],
[
"Miss",
"Miss"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "さま"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "In front of school, there’s a barber’s.",
"roman": "Gakkō no mae ni tokoya-san ga aru.",
"ruby": [
[
"学",
"がっ"
],
[
"校",
"こう"
],
[
"前",
"まえ"
],
[
"床",
"とこ"
],
[
"屋",
"や"
]
],
"text": "学校の前に床屋さんがある。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used after a shop name."
],
"id": "en-さん-ja-suffix-ILEwAXdM",
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used after a shop name."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "(polite, uncommon) thank you",
"roman": "arigatō-san",
"text": "ありがとう-さん",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"attaching to nouns or other nominals: a politeness marker that often has no direct translation, replacing copula です (desu)"
],
"id": "en-さん-ja-suffix-mhtwHmVW",
"links": [
[
"politeness",
"politeness"
],
[
"copula",
"copula"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(polite) attaching to nouns or other nominals: a politeness marker that often has no direct translation, replacing copula です (desu)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "さま"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"polite"
]
}
],
"word": "さん"
}
{
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese suffixes",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"ryu:Landforms"
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
"redirects": [
"三",
"山",
"参",
"産",
"酸",
"賛",
"餐"
],
"word": "さん"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese suffixes",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"ryu:Landforms"
],
"descendants": [
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-san",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: -san",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: -san"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Chinese:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chinese:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mandarin:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "桑"
},
"expansion": "桑 (sāng)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"text": "→ Mandarin: 桑 (sāng)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "상",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 상 (sang)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 상 (sang)"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "様",
"2": "さま"
},
"expansion": "様(さま) (sama)",
"name": "ja-r"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from 様(さま) (sama).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-san",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "さん • (-san)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "suffix",
"related": [
{
"english": "more respectful",
"roman": "sama",
"ruby": [
[
"様",
"さま"
]
],
"word": "様"
},
{
"english": "more familiar, especially of young women and children",
"roman": "chan",
"word": "ちゃん"
},
{
"english": "more familiar, especially of men",
"roman": "kun",
"ruby": [
[
"君",
"くん"
]
],
"word": "君"
},
{
"english": "more respectful",
"roman": "dono",
"ruby": [
[
"殿",
"どの"
]
],
"word": "殿"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Mr/Ms. Yamada",
"roman": "Yamada-san",
"ruby": [
[
"山",
"やま"
],
[
"田",
"だ"
]
],
"text": "山田さん"
},
{
"text": "あきらさん ― Akira-san ― Akira",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ruby": [
[
"山",
"やま"
],
[
"田",
"だ"
]
],
"text": "山田あきらさん ― Yamada Akira-san ― Mr/Ms. Akira Yamada"
},
{
"english": "Sir/Madam (lit. \"Mr/Ms. shop clerk\"; used when talking to a shop clerk.)",
"roman": "ten'in-san",
"ruby": [
[
"店",
"てん"
],
[
"員",
"いん"
]
],
"text": "店員さん"
},
{
"english": "Sir/Madam (lit. \"Mr/Ms. driver\"; used when talking to a taxi/bus driver.)",
"roman": "untenshu-san",
"ruby": [
[
"運",
"うん"
],
[
"転",
"てん"
],
[
"手",
"しゅ"
]
],
"text": "運転手さん"
},
{
"english": "Sir/Madam (used in business by people meeting Sony.)",
"roman": "Sonī-san",
"text": "ソニーさん",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A title used after person's name (first name or surname) regardless of sex; Mr, Ms, Mrs, Miss. Also used after a job title and a company name."
],
"links": [
[
"Mr",
"Mr"
],
[
"Ms",
"Ms"
],
[
"Mrs",
"Mrs"
],
[
"Miss",
"Miss"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "さま"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese colloquialisms",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "In front of school, there’s a barber’s.",
"roman": "Gakkō no mae ni tokoya-san ga aru.",
"ruby": [
[
"学",
"がっ"
],
[
"校",
"こう"
],
[
"前",
"まえ"
],
[
"床",
"とこ"
],
[
"屋",
"や"
]
],
"text": "学校の前に床屋さんがある。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used after a shop name."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used after a shop name."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese polite terms",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "(polite, uncommon) thank you",
"roman": "arigatō-san",
"text": "ありがとう-さん",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"attaching to nouns or other nominals: a politeness marker that often has no direct translation, replacing copula です (desu)"
],
"links": [
[
"politeness",
"politeness"
],
[
"copula",
"copula"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(polite) attaching to nouns or other nominals: a politeness marker that often has no direct translation, replacing copula です (desu)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "さま"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"polite"
]
}
],
"word": "さん"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"さん"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "さん",
"trace": ""
}
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