See なくちゃ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Contraction of なくては（ならない） (nakute wa (naranai)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-nakucha",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "なくちゃ • (-nakucha)",
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"pos": "suffix",
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{
"_dis": "62 38",
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{
"_dis": "63 37",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "63 37",
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},
{
"_dis": "63 37",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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{
"_dis": "83 17",
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2,
6
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],
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6,
13
]
],
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8
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],
"english": "I have to go now.",
"roman": "Mō ikanakucha.",
"ruby": [
[
"行",
"い"
]
],
"text": "もう行かなくちゃ。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"must, have to"
],
"id": "en-なくちゃ-ja-suffix-JyVAawW0",
"links": [
[
"must",
"must"
],
[
"have to",
"have to"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) must, have to"
],
"tags": [
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"with-imperfect"
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"english": "If you don’t study, you will fail the exam.",
"roman": "Benkyōshinakucha shiken ni ukaranai.",
"ruby": [
[
"勉強",
"べんきょう"
],
[
"試験",
"しけん"
],
[
"受",
"う"
]
],
"text": "勉強しなくちゃ試験に受からない。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"if one doesn't..."
],
"id": "en-なくちゃ-ja-suffix-nKzzU5Ul",
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) if one doesn't..."
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"informal",
"morpheme",
"with-imperfect"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "nakya",
"word": "なきゃ"
}
],
"word": "なくちゃ"
}
{
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"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese suffixes",
"Japanese terms spelled with ちゃ",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "Contraction of なくては（ならない） (nakute wa (naranai)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-nakucha",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "なくちゃ • (-nakucha)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese informal terms",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
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"bold_english_offsets": [
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2,
6
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],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
6,
13
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
8
]
],
"english": "I have to go now.",
"roman": "Mō ikanakucha.",
"ruby": [
[
"行",
"い"
]
],
"text": "もう行かなくちゃ。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"must, have to"
],
"links": [
[
"must",
"must"
],
[
"have to",
"have to"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) must, have to"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"informal",
"morpheme",
"with-imperfect"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese informal terms",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
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"examples": [
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12
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9,
16
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[
3,
7
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],
"english": "If you don’t study, you will fail the exam.",
"roman": "Benkyōshinakucha shiken ni ukaranai.",
"ruby": [
[
"勉強",
"べんきょう"
],
[
"試験",
"しけん"
],
[
"受",
"う"
]
],
"text": "勉強しなくちゃ試験に受からない。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"if one doesn't..."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) if one doesn't..."
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"informal",
"morpheme",
"with-imperfect"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "nakya",
"word": "なきゃ"
}
],
"word": "なくちゃ"
}
Download raw JSONL data for なくちゃ meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"なくちゃ"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "なくちゃ",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de 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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