"ちまた" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕima̠ta̠] Forms: chimata [romanization], timata [romanization], ちまた [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 道(ち) (chi, “road”) + 股(また) (mata, “split”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|道|ち|股|また|t1=road|t2=split}} 道(ち) (chi, “road”) + 股(また) (mata, “split”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=ちまた}} ちまた • (chimata) ^(←ちまた (timata)?)
  1. fork in the road Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-ちまた-ja-noun-oC8-G6Hb Disambiguation of Roads: 51 7 42
  2. alley
    Sense id: en-ちまた-ja-noun-AOdoTA4V Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 66 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 51 42
  3. (figuratively) the "town" (in metaphors for popularity, as in English talk of the town and Chinese 街談巷議／街谈巷议) Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms: 巷間 [uncommon]
    Sense id: en-ちまた-ja-noun-oFrXILMg Disambiguation of Roads: 51 7 42 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 37 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 32 65 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 32 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 32 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 51 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ちまたのかみ (chimata no kami) 
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chimata no kami",
      "word": "ちまたのかみ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "道",
        "2": "ち",
        "3": "股",
        "4": "また",
        "t1": "road",
        "t2": "split"
      },
      "expansion": "道(ち) (chi, “road”) + 股(また) (mata, “split”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 道(ち) (chi, “road”) + 股(また) (mata, “split”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chimata",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timata",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちまた",
      "roman": "timata",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "ちまた"
      },
      "expansion": "ちまた • (chimata) ^(←ちまた (timata)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 7 42",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Roads",
          "orig": "ja:Roads",
          "parents": [
            "Road transport",
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fork in the road"
      ],
      "id": "en-ちまた-ja-noun-oC8-G6Hb",
      "links": [
        [
          "fork",
          "fork"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 66 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 51 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alley"
      ],
      "id": "en-ちまた-ja-noun-AOdoTA4V",
      "links": [
        [
          "alley",
          "alley"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 37 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 32 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 32 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 32 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 51 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 7 42",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Roads",
          "orig": "ja:Roads",
          "parents": [
            "Road transport",
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "being in vogue among the people",
          "roman": "chimata de hayatteiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "巷",
              "ちまた"
            ],
            [
              "流行",
              "はや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "巷で流行っている",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "commonplace",
          "roman": "chimata ni afureru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "巷",
              "ちまた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "巷にあふれる",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the \"town\" (in metaphors for popularity, as in English talk of the town and Chinese 街談巷議／街谈巷议)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ちまた-ja-noun-oFrXILMg",
      "links": [
        [
          "talk of the town",
          "talk of the town#English"
        ],
        [
          "街談巷議",
          "街談巷議#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "街谈巷议",
          "街谈巷议#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) the \"town\" (in metaphors for popularity, as in English talk of the town and Chinese 街談巷議／街谈巷议)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "uncommon"
          ],
          "word": "巷間"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちまた"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕima̠ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちまた"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Roads"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "chimata no kami",
      "word": "ちまたのかみ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "道",
        "2": "ち",
        "3": "股",
        "4": "また",
        "t1": "road",
        "t2": "split"
      },
      "expansion": "道(ち) (chi, “road”) + 股(また) (mata, “split”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 道(ち) (chi, “road”) + 股(また) (mata, “split”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chimata",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timata",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちまた",
      "roman": "timata",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "ちまた"
      },
      "expansion": "ちまた • (chimata) ^(←ちまた (timata)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fork in the road"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fork",
          "fork"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "alley"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alley",
          "alley"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "being in vogue among the people",
          "roman": "chimata de hayatteiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "巷",
              "ちまた"
            ],
            [
              "流行",
              "はや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "巷で流行っている",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "commonplace",
          "roman": "chimata ni afureru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "巷",
              "ちまた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "巷にあふれる",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the \"town\" (in metaphors for popularity, as in English talk of the town and Chinese 街談巷議／街谈巷议)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talk of the town",
          "talk of the town#English"
        ],
        [
          "街談巷議",
          "街談巷議#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "街谈巷议",
          "街谈巷议#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) the \"town\" (in metaphors for popularity, as in English talk of the town and Chinese 街談巷議／街谈巷议)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "uncommon"
          ],
          "word": "巷間"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちまた"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕima̠ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちまた"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ちまた meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "ちまた"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ちまた",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ちまた"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ちまた",
  "trace": ""
}

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