"しく" meaning in Japanese

See しく in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ɕikɯ̟]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sik-. Etymology templates: {{ja-see-kango|市区|四苦}}, {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*sik-}} Proto-Japonic *sik- Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=しく|type=1}} しく • (shiku) ^(←しく (siku)?)godan (stem しき (shiki), past しいた (shiita)) Forms: shiku [romanization], siku [romanization], しき [stem], しいた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], しか [error-unrecognized-form], shika [error-unrecognized-form], しき [error-unrecognized-form], shiki [error-unrecognized-form], しく [error-unrecognized-form], shiku [error-unrecognized-form], しけ [error-unrecognized-form], shike [error-unrecognized-form], しかれる [passive], shikareru [passive], しかせる [causative], しかす [causative], shikaseru [causative], shikasu [causative], しける [potential], shikeru [potential], しこう [volitional], shikō [volitional], しかない [negative], shikanai [negative], しかず [continuative, negative], shikazu [continuative, negative], しきます [formal], shikimasu [formal], しいた [perfective], shiita [perfective], しいて [conjunctive], shiite [conjunctive], しけば [conditional, hypothetical], shikeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to spread, to lay
    Sense id: en-しく-ja-verb-ksjN830d Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 22 36 41
  2. to install
    Sense id: en-しく-ja-verb-sukqqZIi Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 13 54 33 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 9 69 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 77 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 77 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 77 17 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 22 36 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 46 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 68 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 布団を敷く (futon o shiku) (ruby: 布団(ふとん), ()) (english: to make the bed)
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: [ɕikɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=しく|type=1}} しく • (shiku) ^(←しく (siku)?)godan (stem しき (shiki), past しいた (shiita)) Forms: shiku [romanization], siku [romanization], しき [stem], しいた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], しか [error-unrecognized-form], shika [error-unrecognized-form], しき [error-unrecognized-form], shiki [error-unrecognized-form], しく [error-unrecognized-form], shiku [error-unrecognized-form], しけ [error-unrecognized-form], shike [error-unrecognized-form], しかれる [passive], shikareru [passive], しかせる [causative], しかす [causative], shikaseru [causative], shikasu [causative], しける [potential], shikeru [potential], しこう [volitional], shikō [volitional], しかない [negative], shikanai [negative], しかず [continuative, negative], shikazu [continuative, negative], しきます [formal], shikimasu [formal], しいた [perfective], shiita [perfective], しいて [conjunctive], shiite [conjunctive], しけば [conditional, hypothetical], shikeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to equal; to match; to be comparable with; to rival Derived forms: 如くはない (shiku wa nai) (ruby: ()), 如くはなし (shiku wa nashi) (ruby: ()), 如かず (shikazu) (ruby: ()) (english: be worse than), 百聞は一見に如かず (hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu) (ruby: 百聞(ひゃくぶん), 一見(いっけん), ())
    Sense id: en-しく-ja-verb-EeU2klTT Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 22 36 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to make the bed",
      "roman": "futon o shiku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "布団",
          "ふとん"
        ],
        [
          "敷",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "布団を敷く"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "市区",
        "2": "四苦"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ja-see-kango"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*sik-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *sik-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sik-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shiku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しき",
      "roman": "shiki",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しいた",
      "roman": "shiita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しか",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shika",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shike",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しいた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しいて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しけば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "しく",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "しく • (shiku) ^(←しく (siku)?)godan (stem しき (shiki), past しいた (shiita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "redirects": [
    "市区",
    "四苦"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 35 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 36 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spread, to lay"
      ],
      "id": "en-しく-ja-verb-ksjN830d",
      "links": [
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "lay",
          "lay"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 54 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 35 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 69 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 77 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 77 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 77 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 36 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 46 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 68 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to implement mandatory retirement",
          "roman": "teinensei o shiku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "定年制",
              "ていねんせい"
            ],
            [
              "敷",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "定年制を敷く",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to install"
      ],
      "id": "en-しく-ja-verb-sukqqZIi",
      "links": [
        [
          "install",
          "install"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕikɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "しく"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shiku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しき",
      "roman": "shiki",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しいた",
      "roman": "shiita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しか",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shika",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shike",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しいた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しいて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しけば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "しく",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "しく • (shiku) ^(←しく (siku)?)godan (stem しき (shiki), past しいた (shiita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 35 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 36 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "shiku wa nai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "如",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "如くはない"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shiku wa nashi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "如",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "如くはなし"
        },
        {
          "english": "be worse than",
          "roman": "shikazu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "如",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "如かず"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "百聞",
              "ひゃくぶん"
            ],
            [
              "一見",
              "いっけん"
            ],
            [
              "如",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "百聞は一見に如かず"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to equal; to match; to be comparable with; to rival"
      ],
      "id": "en-しく-ja-verb-EeU2klTT",
      "links": [
        [
          "equal",
          "equal"
        ],
        [
          "match",
          "match"
        ],
        [
          "comparable",
          "comparable"
        ],
        [
          "rival",
          "rival"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕikɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "しく"
}
{
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to make the bed",
      "roman": "futon o shiku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "布団",
          "ふとん"
        ],
        [
          "敷",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "布団を敷く"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "市区",
        "2": "四苦"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ja-see-kango"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*sik-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *sik-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sik-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shiku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siku",
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      "form": "しき",
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      "form": "しいた",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      ]
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      "form": "ja-go-ku",
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      "form": "しか",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "form": "shika",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しき",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "shiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shike",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかず",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しいた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しいて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しけば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikeba",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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    "市区",
    "四苦"
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        "to spread, to lay"
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          "spread",
          "spread"
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          "lay",
          "lay"
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          "english": "to implement mandatory retirement",
          "roman": "teinensei o shiku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "定年制",
              "ていねんせい"
            ],
            [
              "敷",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "定年制を敷く",
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        }
      ],
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        "to install"
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          "install",
          "install"
        ]
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      "ipa": "[ɕikɯ̟]"
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}

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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
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      "roman": "shiku wa nai",
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        [
          "如",
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    },
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      "roman": "shiku wa nashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "如",
          "し"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "english": "be worse than",
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        [
          "如",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "百聞",
          "ひゃくぶん"
        ],
        [
          "一見",
          "いっけん"
        ],
        [
          "如",
          "し"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "しけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "shike",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "しかれる",
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        "passive"
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        "passive"
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      "form": "しかせる",
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      "form": "しかす",
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        "causative"
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      "form": "shikaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "shikasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しける",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikeru",
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      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "しこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "しかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "shikanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しかず",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "shikazu",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "しきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal"
      ]
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      "form": "shikimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "しいた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しいて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しけば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shikeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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      ],
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        ],
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          "match",
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          "comparable",
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        ]
      ]
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    {
      "other": "しく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕikɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "しく"
}

Download raw JSONL data for しく meaning in Japanese (8.5kB)

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