"できる" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [de̞kʲiɾɯ̟]
Etymology: /ideku/ → /deku/ → /dekuru/ → /dekiru/ Originally appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE and other Old Japanese texts as 出で来 (ideku), as a compound of 出で (ide, “going out”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 出づ idu, izu, the ancient form of modern 出る deru, “to come or go out of something”) + 来 (ku, “to come”, the ancient form of modern 来る kuru, “to come”). The original meaning was “to come out”, extending in figurative contexts to a sense of “to appear, to become manifest”. Phonologically, ideku shifted to deku by the mid-1400s in the Muromachi period, as the low-tone initial i dropped out, vaguely similar to the way that unstressed syllables in English may disappear. This deku then underwent a common shift in Muromachi Japanese to become dekuru, where all bigrade verbs and irregular verbs underwent a shift that included a -ru on the end of the plain form, in part through a fusion of the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) that has always ended in -ru for these verbs, and the 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal form”) that is used at the end of sentences. As a later part of this same shift, the central vowel shifted from -u- to -i- to produce dekiru, as the main vowel -i- for the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) came to be used for all conjugated forms. Over this same period, the meaning gradually shifted from “to come out” to include “to appear, to become manifest”, and from there “to come into existence anew”. This then extended further to “to occur, to happen; to be born; to be created, to be produced”, and thence “to come to fruition; to be completed, to be finished (with positive overtones)”. The underlying sense of latent existence gave rise to the meaning of “to be capable of making or producing something”, and then simply “to be able to do”. In slang contexts in the early 1800s, dekiru came to mean “to have sex”, perhaps similar to the development of the English phrases “to do it, to get some, to get it on”. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=てきる'}} Old Japanese, {{compound|ja|出で|来|pos1=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">出づ</i> idu, izu, the ancient form of modern <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">出る</i> deru, “to come or go out of something”|pos2=the ancient form of modern <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">来る</i> kuru, “to come”|sort=てきる'|t1=going out|t2=to come|tr1=ide|tr2=ku}} 出で (ide, “going out”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 出づ idu, izu, the ancient form of modern 出る deru, “to come or go out of something”) + 来 (ku, “to come”, the ancient form of modern 来る kuru, “to come”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|できる|tr=intrans|type=2}} できる • (dekiru) intransitive ichidan (stem でき (deki), past できた (dekita)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|で|irreg-k|出来|sik=}} Forms: dekiru [romanization], でき [stem], できた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], でき [error-unrecognized-form], deki [error-unrecognized-form], できる [error-unrecognized-form], dekiru [error-unrecognized-form], できれ [error-unrecognized-form], dekire [error-unrecognized-form], できよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], できろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], dekiyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], dekiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], できられる [passive], dekirareru [passive], できさせる [causative], できさす [causative], dekisaseru [causative], dekisasu [causative], できられる [potential], できれる [colloquial, potential], dekirareru [potential], dekireru [colloquial, potential], できよう [volitional], dekiyō [volitional], できない [negative], できぬ [negative], できん [negative], dekinai [negative], dekinu [negative], dekin [negative], できず [continuative, negative], dekizu [continuative, negative], できます [formal], dekimasu [formal], できた [perfective], dekita [perfective], できて [conjunctive], dekite [conjunctive], できれば [conditional, hypothetical], dekireba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 出来 [irrealis, stem], でこ [irrealis, stem], deko [irrealis], 出来 [continuative, stem], でき [continuative, stem], deki [continuative], 出来 [stem, terminative], でく [stem, terminative], deku [terminative], 出来る [attributive, stem], でくる [attributive, stem], dekuru [attributive], 出来れ [realis, stem], でくれ [realis, stem], dekure [realis], 出来 [imperative, stem], 出来よ [imperative, stem], でこ [imperative, stem], でこよ [imperative, stem], deko [imperative], dekoyo [imperative], 出来ず [negative], でこず [negative], dekozu [negative], 出来れど [contrastive], でくれど [contrastive], dekuredo [contrastive], 出来れば [causative], でくれば [causative], dekureba [causative], 出来ば [conditional], でこば [conditional], dekoba [conditional], 出来し [past], でこし [past], できし [past], dekosi [past], dekisi [past], 出来けり [past], できけり [past], dekikeri [past], 出来つ [perfect], できつ [perfect], dekitu [perfect], 出来ぬ [perfect], できぬ [perfect], dekinu [perfect], 出来たり [continuative, perfect], できたり [continuative, perfect], dekitari [continuative, perfect], 出来む [volitional], でこむ [volitional], dekomu [volitional]
  1. to be able to do
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  2. to be finished, to be ready
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  3. be made
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  4. (slang) to have sex, to do it, to get some, to get it on Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-できる-ja-verb-D74ABG2k Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 28 21 18 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 30 18 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 17 29 18 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 30 15 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 29 18 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 33 20 30 Synonyms: (formal) 性交(せいこう)する (seikō suru): to have sexual intercourse, (formal) 肉体関係(にくたいかんけい)を持(も)つ (nikutai kankei o motsu): to have fleshly relations, (formal) 体(からだ)の関係(かんけい)を持(も)つ (karada no kankei o motsu): to have relations of the body, (formal) 性交渉(せいこうしょう)をする (seikōshō o suru), 性的(せいてき)交渉(こうしょ)をする (seitekikōsho o suru): to carry out sexual relations, (formal) 性行為(せいこうい)をする (seikōi o suru): to perform sexual acts, (formal) 交合(こうごう)する, (formal) 交接(こうせつ)する, 情交(じょうこう)する, 房事(ぼうじ)する, 交尾(こうび)する (kōbi suru): to copulate; to mate, (euphemistic) 抱(だ)く (daku): to hug, to embrace, (euphemistic) 交(まじ)わる (majiwaru), 交(まじ)わりをする (majiwari o suru): to associate with, (euphemistic) 合体(がったい)する (gattai suru): to combine bodies, (euphemistic) 体(からだ)を重(かさ)ねる (karada o kasaneru), 肌(はだ)を重(かさ)ねる (hada o kasaneru): to lay body (skin) upon body, (euphemistic) 寝(ね)る (neru): to sleep, (euphemistic) 枕(まくら)する (makura suru): to sleep, (informal) エッチする (etchi suru), H(エッチ)する, (informal) エッチなことをする (etchi na koto o suru): to do lewd things, (informal) セックスする (sekkusu suru), SEX(セックス)する (sekkusu suru): to have sex, (slang, vulgar) ハメる (hameru): to fuck, vulgar) パコる (pakoru): to fuck, to bang, vulgar) やる (yaru): to do it; to fuck, euphemistic) する (suru): to do it, (slang) できる (dekiru): to do it, vulgar, Anglicism) ファックする (fakku suru): to fuck, 営(いとな)みをする (itonami o suru), 夫婦(ふうふ)の営(いとな)みをする (fūfu no itonami o suru), 男女(だんじょ)の営(いとな)みをする (danjo no itonami o suru): to carry out the business, 夜(よる)のお勤(つと)めをする (yoru no o-tsutome o suru), 夜(よる)の営(いとな)みをする (yoru no itonami o suru): to carry out the night business, (archaic or affected) まぐわいをする, (neologism, affected) まぐわう, (Internet slang) おせっせをする, (2ch slang) セクロスする, (2ch slang) セクースする
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "dekire",
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      "form": "できよ",
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      "form": "dekirareru",
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      "form": "できさせる",
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    },
    {
      "form": "できさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dekisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "できれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "dekireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "できよう",
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      "form": "dekiyō",
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    {
      "form": "できない",
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    {
      "form": "できぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "できん",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dekinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekin",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "できず",
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      "form": "dekizu",
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      "form": "できます",
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      "form": "dekimasu",
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      "form": "できた",
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      "form": "dekita",
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      "form": "できて",
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      "form": "dekite",
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      "form": "できれば",
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      "form": "dekireba",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "出来",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "でこ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "deko",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
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    {
      "form": "出来",
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      "form": "でき",
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      "form": "deki",
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    {
      "form": "出来",
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    {
      "form": "でく",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "deku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
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    },
    {
      "form": "出来",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来よ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deko",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来ず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekozu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来れど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来ば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekoba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekosi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekisi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来けり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来つ",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できつ",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekitu",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来ぬ",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できぬ",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekinu",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来たり",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できたり",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
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    {
      "form": "dekitari",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "出来む",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekomu",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "で",
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        "sik": ""
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 21 18 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 30 18 36",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 20 30",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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              10
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              5,
              11
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              30
            ]
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
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              15
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          "english": "John knows French.",
          "literal_meaning": "John can do French.",
          "roman": "Jon-san wa Furansugo ga dekiru.",
          "ruby": [
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              "語",
              "ご"
            ]
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          "text": "ジョンさんはフランス語ができる。",
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        "to be able to do"
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 21 18 33",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 30 18 36",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 20 30",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 44 22 20",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "ref": "1949, 豊島与志雄, 或る作家の厄日",
          "ruby": [
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              "準",
              "じゅん"
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              "備",
              "び"
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            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ]
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          "text": "準備は出来た。\nJunbi wa dekita.\nPreparations are finished. → I'm ready."
        }
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          "finish"
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          "ready",
          "ready"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 21 18 33",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 30 18 36",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 20 30",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Factories are being built all over the city.",
          "ref": "1931, 宮本百合子, なぜソヴェト同盟に失業がないか?",
          "roman": "Tokai ni kōjō wa doshidoshi dekiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "都",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "会",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "工",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "場",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "都会に工場はドシドシ出来る。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be made"
      ],
      "id": "en-できる-ja-verb-Cqy0cIgy",
      "links": [
        [
          "made",
          "made"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 21 18 33",
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          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 30 18 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 29 18 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 30 15 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 29 18 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 20 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
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              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I haven't done it with my girlfriend even once.",
          "roman": "Kanojo to dekita koto wa ichido mo nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かの"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "いち"
            ],
            [
              "度",
              "ど"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼女と出来たことは一度もない。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-できる-ja-verb-D74ABG2k",
      "links": [
        [
          "have sex",
          "have sex"
        ],
        [
          "do it",
          "do it"
        ],
        [
          "get some",
          "get some"
        ],
        [
          "get it on",
          "get it on"
        ]
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        "(slang) to have sex, to do it, to get some, to get it on"
      ],
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 性交(せいこう)する (seikō suru): to have sexual intercourse"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 肉体関係(にくたいかんけい)を持(も)つ (nikutai kankei o motsu): to have fleshly relations"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 体(からだ)の関係(かんけい)を持(も)つ (karada no kankei o motsu): to have relations of the body"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 性交渉(せいこうしょう)をする (seikōshō o suru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "性的(せいてき)交渉(こうしょ)をする (seitekikōsho o suru): to carry out sexual relations"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 性行為(せいこうい)をする (seikōi o suru): to perform sexual acts"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 交合(こうごう)する"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 交接(こうせつ)する"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "情交(じょうこう)する"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "房事(ぼうじ)する"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "交尾(こうび)する (kōbi suru): to copulate; to mate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 抱(だ)く (daku): to hug"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "to embrace"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 交(まじ)わる (majiwaru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "交(まじ)わりをする (majiwari o suru): to associate with"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 合体(がったい)する (gattai suru): to combine bodies"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 体(からだ)を重(かさ)ねる (karada o kasaneru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "肌(はだ)を重(かさ)ねる (hada o kasaneru): to lay body (skin) upon body"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 寝(ね)る (neru): to sleep"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 枕(まくら)する (makura suru): to sleep"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(informal) エッチする (etchi suru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "H(エッチ)する"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(informal) エッチなことをする (etchi na koto o suru): to do lewd things"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(informal) セックスする (sekkusu suru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "SEX(セックス)する (sekkusu suru): to have sex"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(slang"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "vulgar) ハメる (hameru): to fuck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "vulgar) パコる (pakoru): to fuck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "to bang"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "vulgar) やる (yaru): to do it; to fuck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "euphemistic) する (suru): to do it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(slang) できる (dekiru): to do it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "vulgar"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "Anglicism) ファックする (fakku suru): to fuck"
        },
        {
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            "of husband and wife",
            "of man and woman"
          ],
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "営(いとな)みをする (itonami o suru)"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "of husband and wife",
            "of man and woman"
          ],
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "夫婦(ふうふ)の営(いとな)みをする (fūfu no itonami o suru)"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "of husband and wife",
            "of man and woman"
          ],
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "男女(だんじょ)の営(いとな)みをする (danjo no itonami o suru): to carry out the business"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "夜(よる)のお勤(つと)めをする (yoru no o-tsutome o suru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "夜(よる)の営(いとな)みをする (yoru no itonami o suru): to carry out the night business"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(archaic or affected) まぐわいをする"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(neologism"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "affected) まぐわう"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(Internet slang) おせっせをする"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(2ch slang) セクロスする"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(2ch slang) セクースする"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "できる"
    },
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      "ipa": "[de̞kʲiɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Muromachi period"
  ],
  "word": "できる"
}

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}
{
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    "Japanese hiragana",
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    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese kami ichidan verbs",
    "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 inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/ideku/ → /deku/ → /dekuru/ → /dekiru/\nOriginally appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE and other Old Japanese texts as 出で来 (ideku), as a compound of 出で (ide, “going out”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 出づ idu, izu, the ancient form of modern 出る deru, “to come or go out of something”) + 来 (ku, “to come”, the ancient form of modern 来る kuru, “to come”). The original meaning was “to come out”, extending in figurative contexts to a sense of “to appear, to become manifest”.\nPhonologically, ideku shifted to deku by the mid-1400s in the Muromachi period, as the low-tone initial i dropped out, vaguely similar to the way that unstressed syllables in English may disappear. This deku then underwent a common shift in Muromachi Japanese to become dekuru, where all bigrade verbs and irregular verbs underwent a shift that included a -ru on the end of the plain form, in part through a fusion of the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) that has always ended in -ru for these verbs, and the 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal form”) that is used at the end of sentences.\nAs a later part of this same shift, the central vowel shifted from -u- to -i- to produce dekiru, as the main vowel -i- for the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) came to be used for all conjugated forms.\nOver this same period, the meaning gradually shifted from “to come out” to include “to appear, to become manifest”, and from there “to come into existence anew”. This then extended further to “to occur, to happen; to be born; to be created, to be produced”, and thence “to come to fruition; to be completed, to be finished (with positive overtones)”. The underlying sense of latent existence gave rise to the meaning of “to be capable of making or producing something”, and then simply “to be able to do”.\nIn slang contexts in the early 1800s, dekiru came to mean “to have sex”, perhaps similar to the development of the English phrases “to do it, to get some, to get it on”.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "できる",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deko",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来よ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deko",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来ず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekozu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来れど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来ば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekoba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekosi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekisi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来けり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来つ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来ぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来たり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "できたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "出来む",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でこむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekomu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "できる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "できる • (dekiru) intransitive ichidan (stem でき (deki), past できた (dekita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "で",
        "2": "irreg-k",
        "3": "出来",
        "sik": ""
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "John knows French.",
          "literal_meaning": "John can do French.",
          "roman": "Jon-san wa Furansugo ga dekiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ジョンさんはフランス語ができる。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be able to do"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be able to",
          "be able to"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949, 豊島与志雄, 或る作家の厄日",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "準",
              "じゅん"
            ],
            [
              "備",
              "び"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "準備は出来た。\nJunbi wa dekita.\nPreparations are finished. → I'm ready."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be finished, to be ready"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
        ],
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Factories are being built all over the city.",
          "ref": "1931, 宮本百合子, なぜソヴェト同盟に失業がないか?",
          "roman": "Tokai ni kōjō wa doshidoshi dekiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "都",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "会",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "工",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "場",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "都会に工場はドシドシ出来る。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be made"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "made",
          "made"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese slang",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I haven't done it with my girlfriend even once.",
          "roman": "Kanojo to dekita koto wa ichido mo nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かの"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "いち"
            ],
            [
              "度",
              "ど"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼女と出来たことは一度もない。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have sex, to do it, to get some, to get it on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have sex",
          "have sex"
        ],
        [
          "do it",
          "do it"
        ],
        [
          "get some",
          "get some"
        ],
        [
          "get it on",
          "get it on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) to have sex, to do it, to get some, to get it on"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 性交(せいこう)する (seikō suru): to have sexual intercourse"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 肉体関係(にくたいかんけい)を持(も)つ (nikutai kankei o motsu): to have fleshly relations"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 体(からだ)の関係(かんけい)を持(も)つ (karada no kankei o motsu): to have relations of the body"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 性交渉(せいこうしょう)をする (seikōshō o suru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "性的(せいてき)交渉(こうしょ)をする (seitekikōsho o suru): to carry out sexual relations"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 性行為(せいこうい)をする (seikōi o suru): to perform sexual acts"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 交合(こうごう)する"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(formal) 交接(こうせつ)する"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "情交(じょうこう)する"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "房事(ぼうじ)する"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "交尾(こうび)する (kōbi suru): to copulate; to mate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 抱(だ)く (daku): to hug"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "to embrace"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 交(まじ)わる (majiwaru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "交(まじ)わりをする (majiwari o suru): to associate with"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 合体(がったい)する (gattai suru): to combine bodies"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 体(からだ)を重(かさ)ねる (karada o kasaneru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "肌(はだ)を重(かさ)ねる (hada o kasaneru): to lay body (skin) upon body"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 寝(ね)る (neru): to sleep"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(euphemistic) 枕(まくら)する (makura suru): to sleep"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(informal) エッチする (etchi suru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "H(エッチ)する"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(informal) エッチなことをする (etchi na koto o suru): to do lewd things"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(informal) セックスする (sekkusu suru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "SEX(セックス)する (sekkusu suru): to have sex"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(slang"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "vulgar) ハメる (hameru): to fuck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "vulgar) パコる (pakoru): to fuck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "to bang"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "vulgar) やる (yaru): to do it; to fuck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "euphemistic) する (suru): to do it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(slang) できる (dekiru): to do it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "vulgar"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "Anglicism) ファックする (fakku suru): to fuck"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "of husband and wife",
            "of man and woman"
          ],
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "営(いとな)みをする (itonami o suru)"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "of husband and wife",
            "of man and woman"
          ],
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "夫婦(ふうふ)の営(いとな)みをする (fūfu no itonami o suru)"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "of husband and wife",
            "of man and woman"
          ],
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "男女(だんじょ)の営(いとな)みをする (danjo no itonami o suru): to carry out the business"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "夜(よる)のお勤(つと)めをする (yoru no o-tsutome o suru)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "夜(よる)の営(いとな)みをする (yoru no itonami o suru): to carry out the night business"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(archaic or affected) まぐわいをする"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(neologism"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "affected) まぐわう"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(Internet slang) おせっせをする"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(2ch slang) セクロスする"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:性交する",
          "word": "(2ch slang) セクースする"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "できる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[de̞kʲiɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Muromachi period"
  ],
  "word": "できる"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "出切る"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "できる"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "できる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "できる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "できる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "できる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "できる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "できる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "できる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "できる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "できる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "できる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "できる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "できる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "できる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "できる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Japanese]; cleaned text: ^([1])Attributive form, as the terminal form (lemma) does not exist for this construction in this conjugation., style: text-align:left;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "できる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "できる",
  "trace": ""
}

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