"ながら" meaning in Japanese

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "ware nagara",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "我",
          "われ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "我ながら"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "の"
      },
      "expansion": "の (no)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "な",
        "3": "柄",
        "pos1": "ancient genitive / possessive particle, apophonic form of particle の (<span class=\"mention-tr tr\">no</span>)",
        "t2": "character, quality",
        "tr1": "na",
        "tr2": "kara"
      },
      "expansion": "な (na, ancient genitive / possessive particle, apophonic form of particle の (no)) + 柄 (kara, “character, quality”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, cited in the Man'yōshū poetry anthology of 759. In turn, analyzable as a compound of な (na, ancient genitive / possessive particle, apophonic form of particle の (no)) + 柄 (kara, “character, quality”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nagara",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "ながら • (nagara)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let's talk over tea.",
          "roman": "Ocha o nominagara hanashimashō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "茶",
              "ちゃ"
            ],
            [
              "飲",
              "の"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "はな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お茶を飲みながら話しましょう。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Shall we talk and walk?",
          "roman": "Arukinagara hanashimashō ka.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "歩",
              "ある"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "はな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "歩きながら話しましょうか。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "while, during, while doing (verb)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ながら-ja-particle-f7LCwuAY"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "though, notwithstanding"
      ],
      "id": "en-ながら-ja-particle-INeKFpWf"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "both (doing verb)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ながら-ja-particle-bPOKlmbW"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ɡa̠ɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Kōjien",
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Shinmura Izuru"
  ],
  "word": "ながら"
}

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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 particles",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "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"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "ware nagara",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "我",
          "われ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "我ながら"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "の"
      },
      "expansion": "の (no)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "な",
        "3": "柄",
        "pos1": "ancient genitive / possessive particle, apophonic form of particle の (<span class=\"mention-tr tr\">no</span>)",
        "t2": "character, quality",
        "tr1": "na",
        "tr2": "kara"
      },
      "expansion": "な (na, ancient genitive / possessive particle, apophonic form of particle の (no)) + 柄 (kara, “character, quality”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, cited in the Man'yōshū poetry anthology of 759. In turn, analyzable as a compound of な (na, ancient genitive / possessive particle, apophonic form of particle の (no)) + 柄 (kara, “character, quality”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nagara",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "ながら • (nagara)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let's talk over tea.",
          "roman": "Ocha o nominagara hanashimashō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "茶",
              "ちゃ"
            ],
            [
              "飲",
              "の"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "はな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お茶を飲みながら話しましょう。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Shall we talk and walk?",
          "roman": "Arukinagara hanashimashō ka.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "歩",
              "ある"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "はな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "歩きながら話しましょうか。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "while, during, while doing (verb)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "though, notwithstanding"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "both (doing verb)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ɡa̠ɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Kōjien",
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Shinmura Izuru"
  ],
  "word": "ながら"
}

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  "path": [
    "ながら"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "ながら",
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}