"しとしと" meaning in Japanese

See しとしと in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ɕito̞ɕito̞] Forms: shitoshito [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoetic. Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} しとしと • (shitoshito)
  1. drizzling, drizzly
    Sense id: en-しとしと-ja-adv-gIdR40UC Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. gently raining
    Sense id: en-しとしと-ja-adv-sXh8T3p~ Categories (other): Rain Disambiguation of Rain: 36 64

Alternative forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zāzā",
      "word": "ザーザー"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoetic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shitoshito",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "しとしと • (shitoshito)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Going out to see the roses is nice even when it's cloudy or drizzly, don't you think?",
          "roman": "Shitoshito ame yakumori no hi ni bara o mi ni dekakeru no mo ii kamoshiremasen ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "雨",
              "あめ"
            ],
            [
              "曇",
              "くも"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しとしと雨や曇りの日にバラを見に出かけるのもいいかもしれませんね。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drizzling, drizzly"
      ],
      "id": "en-しとしと-ja-adv-gIdR40UC",
      "links": [
        [
          "drizzling",
          "drizzling"
        ],
        [
          "drizzly",
          "drizzly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
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          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Rain",
          "orig": "ja:Rain",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gently raining"
      ],
      "id": "en-しとしと-ja-adv-sXh8T3p~",
      "links": [
        [
          "gently",
          "gently"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しとしと"
    },
    {
      "other": "しとしと"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕito̞ɕito̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "しとしと"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zāzā",
      "word": "ザーザー"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese onomatopoeias",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Rain"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoetic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shitoshito",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "しとしと • (shitoshito)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
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            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Going out to see the roses is nice even when it's cloudy or drizzly, don't you think?",
          "roman": "Shitoshito ame yakumori no hi ni bara o mi ni dekakeru no mo ii kamoshiremasen ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "雨",
              "あめ"
            ],
            [
              "曇",
              "くも"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しとしと雨や曇りの日にバラを見に出かけるのもいいかもしれませんね。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drizzling, drizzly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drizzling",
          "drizzling"
        ],
        [
          "drizzly",
          "drizzly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gently raining"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gently",
          "gently"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しとしと"
    },
    {
      "other": "しとしと"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕito̞ɕito̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "しとしと"
}

Download raw JSONL data for しとしと meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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