See て in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ぁ"
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{
"word": "う"
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{
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{
"word": "ゔ"
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{
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{
"word": "ゕ"
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{
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{
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"word": "ぎ"
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{
"word": "く"
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{
"word": "ぐ"
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{
"word": "け"
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{
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{
"word": "げ"
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{
"word": "こ"
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{
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{
"word": "さ"
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{
"word": "ず"
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{
"word": "せ"
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{
"word": "ぜ"
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{
"word": "そ"
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{
"word": "ぞ"
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{
"word": "た"
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{
"word": "だ"
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{
"word": "ち"
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{
"word": "ぢ"
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{
"word": "つ"
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"word": "っ"
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{
"word": "づ"
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{
"word": "て"
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{
"word": "で"
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{
"word": "と"
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{
"word": "ど"
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"word": "な"
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{
"word": "に"
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"word": "ぬ"
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{
"word": "ね"
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{
"word": "の"
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{
"word": "は"
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{
"word": "ば"
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{
"word": "ぱ"
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{
"word": "ひ"
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{
"word": "び"
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{
"word": "ぴ"
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{
"word": "ふ"
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{
"word": "ぶ"
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{
"word": "ぷ"
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{
"word": "へ"
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{
"word": "べ"
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{
"word": "ぺ"
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{
"word": "ほ"
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"word": "ぼ"
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{
"word": "ぽ"
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{
"word": "ま"
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{
"word": "み"
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{
"word": "む"
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{
"word": "め"
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{
"word": "も"
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"word": "や"
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{
"word": "ゃ"
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{
"word": "𛀆"
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{
"word": "ゆ"
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{
"word": "ゅ"
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{
"word": "𛀁"
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"word": "よ"
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{
"word": "ょ"
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{
"word": "ら"
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{
"word": "゚"
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{
"word": "り"
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{
"word": "る"
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{
"word": "れ"
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{
"word": "ろ"
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{
"word": "わ"
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{
"word": "ゎ"
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{
"word": "゙"
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{
"word": "ゐ"
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{
"word": "𛅐"
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{
"word": "𛄟"
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{
"word": "ゑ"
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{
"word": "𛅑"
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{
"word": "を"
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{
"word": "𛅒"
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{
"word": "ん"
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{
"word": "ー"
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"word": "ゝ"
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],
"qualifier": "women's speech",
"raw_glosses": [
"(women's speech) used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives",
"short for ている (-te iru)",
"indicates the speaker's opinion or judgment; usually followed by よ (yo)"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[te̞]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"alt": "allomorph used with -gu/-bu/-mu/-nu (voiced ending) godan verbs",
"roman": "de",
"word": "で"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:Japanese verb conjugation#te form"
],
"word": "て"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese particles",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"forms": [
{
"form": "te",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "particle"
},
"expansion": "て • (te)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "particle",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "(tte), used after ん (n)",
"word": "the quotative particle って"
}
],
"categories": [
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Don't call me Koma-chan!",
"roman": "Koma-chan te iu na――!!",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
]
],
"text": "こまちゃんて言うな――!!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of the quotative particle って (tte), used after ん (n)"
],
"links": [
[
"って",
"って#Japanese"
],
[
"ん",
"ん#Japanese"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[te̞]"
}
],
"word": "て"
}
{
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
"redirects": [
"手"
],
"senses": [
{
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "て"
}
Download raw JSONL data for て meaning in Japanese (14.5kB)
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"て"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "syllable",
"title": "て",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"て"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "て",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"て"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "particle",
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}
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