"っけ" meaning in Japanese

See っけ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

Forms: kke [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} っけ • (kke)
  1. again? particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kke",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "っけ • (kke)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese interrogative particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What was the meaning of this word, again?",
          "roman": "Kono tango no imi wa nan deshita kke?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "単",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "味",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "何",
              "なん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "この単語の意味は何でしたっけ?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Huh, is that so.",
          "roman": "Hē, sō datta kke.",
          "text": "へー、そうだったっけ。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "again? particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information"
      ],
      "id": "en-っけ-ja-particle-DKjfMohv",
      "links": [
        [
          "again",
          "again"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "っけ"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kke",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "っけ • (kke)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese interrogative particles",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese particles",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What was the meaning of this word, again?",
          "roman": "Kono tango no imi wa nan deshita kke?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "単",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "味",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "何",
              "なん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "この単語の意味は何でしたっけ?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Huh, is that so.",
          "roman": "Hē, sō datta kke.",
          "text": "へー、そうだったっけ。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "again? particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "again",
          "again"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "っけ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for っけ meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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