"なさい" meaning in Japanese

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        "1": "なされ"
      },
      "expansion": "なされ (nasare)",
      "name": "ja-r"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "なさいませ"
      },
      "expansion": "なさいませ (nasaimase)",
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  "etymology_text": "Either a shift from なされ (nasare) or an abbreviation of なさいませ (nasaimase), the imperative and polite imperative forms respectively of verb 為さる (nasaru, honorific for する suru, “to do”), derived from 為す (nasu, “to do”).",
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    {
      "form": "-nasai",
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      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "なさい • (-nasai)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        },
        {
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        {
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          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "okaerinasai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "帰",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "お帰りなさい"
        },
        {
          "roman": "oyasumi nasai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "休",
              "やす"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "お休みなさい"
        }
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              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Listen up! (as to a child or spouse)",
          "roman": "Yoku kikinasai!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "聞",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "よく聞きなさい！",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              25
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          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              11
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          ],
          "english": "Write your name here.",
          "roman": "Koko ni namae o kakinasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "名",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
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              18
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              8
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          ],
          "english": "Watch that cat.",
          "roman": "Ano neko o minasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "猫",
              "ねこ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あの猫を見なさい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "combines with the verb stem to create an imperative as a kind of strong request"
      ],
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        [
          "imperative",
          "imperative"
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          "request",
          "request"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) combines with the verb stem to create an imperative as a kind of strong request"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "na",
          "tags": [
            "imperative"
          ],
          "word": "な"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kudasai",
          "sense": "request",
          "word": "下さい"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chōdai",
          "sense": "request",
          "word": "頂戴"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijirin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "なさい"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "okaerinasai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "帰",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "お帰りなさい"
    },
    {
      "roman": "oyasumi nasai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "休",
          "やす"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "お休みなさい"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "なされ"
      },
      "expansion": "なされ (nasare)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "なさいませ"
      },
      "expansion": "なさいませ (nasaimase)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "する",
        "2": "",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "する",
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    },
    {
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        "1": "する"
      },
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      "name": "ja-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Either a shift from なされ (nasare) or an abbreviation of なさいませ (nasaimase), the imperative and polite imperative forms respectively of verb 為さる (nasaru, honorific for する suru, “to do”), derived from 為す (nasu, “to do”).",
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    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "なさい • (-nasai)",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
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          "english": "Listen up! (as to a child or spouse)",
          "roman": "Yoku kikinasai!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "聞",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "よく聞きなさい！",
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        },
        {
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              25
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              8,
              11
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          "english": "Write your name here.",
          "roman": "Koko ni namae o kakinasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "名",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ここに名前を書きなさい。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              13,
              18
            ]
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              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Watch that cat.",
          "roman": "Ano neko o minasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "猫",
              "ねこ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あの猫を見なさい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "combines with the verb stem to create an imperative as a kind of strong request"
      ],
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        [
          "imperative",
          "imperative"
        ],
        [
          "request",
          "request"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) combines with the verb stem to create an imperative as a kind of strong request"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijirin"
      ]
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "na",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ],
      "word": "な"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kudasai",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "下さい"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chōdai",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "頂戴"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なさい"
}

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  "path": [
    "なさい"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "なさい",
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}