"なにそれ?おいしいの?" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

Forms: nani sore? oishii no? [romanization]
Etymology: Literally, “What's that? Is it delicious?” Etymology templates: {{m-g|What's that? Is it delicious?}} “What's that? Is it delicious?”, {{lit|What's that? Is it delicious?}} Literally, “What's that? Is it delicious?” Head templates: {{ja-phrase|なに それ? おいし.い の?}} なにそれ?おいしいの? • (nani sore? oishii no?)
  1. (informal, humorous) A phrase used to feign ignorance to the existence of a concept. Tags: humorous, informal
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "What's that? Is it delicious?"
      },
      "expansion": "“What's that? Is it delicious?”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "What's that? Is it delicious?"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “What's that? Is it delicious?”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “What's that? Is it delicious?”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nani sore? oishii no?",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "なに それ? おいし.い の?"
      },
      "expansion": "なにそれ?おいしいの? • (nani sore? oishii no?)",
      "name": "ja-phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese rhetorical questions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              27
            ]
          ],
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            [
              3,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Love? What's that? Is it delicious?",
          "roman": "Aijō? Nani sore? Oishii no?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "愛情",
              "あいじょう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "愛情?なにそれ?おいしいの?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A phrase used to feign ignorance to the existence of a concept."
      ],
      "id": "en-なにそれ?おいしいの?-ja-phrase-29IULQ2c",
      "links": [
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          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, humorous) A phrase used to feign ignorance to the existence of a concept."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "なにそれ?おいしいの?"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "What's that? Is it delicious?"
      },
      "expansion": "“What's that? Is it delicious?”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "What's that? Is it delicious?"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “What's that? Is it delicious?”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “What's that? Is it delicious?”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nani sore? oishii no?",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "なに それ? おいし.い の?"
      },
      "expansion": "なにそれ?おいしいの? • (nani sore? oishii no?)",
      "name": "ja-phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Japanese humorous terms",
        "Japanese informal terms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese phrases",
        "Japanese rhetorical questions",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              6,
              35
            ]
          ],
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              6,
              27
            ]
          ],
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              3,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Love? What's that? Is it delicious?",
          "roman": "Aijō? Nani sore? Oishii no?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "愛情",
              "あいじょう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "愛情?なにそれ?おいしいの?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A phrase used to feign ignorance to the existence of a concept."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, humorous) A phrase used to feign ignorance to the existence of a concept."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "なにそれ?おいしいの?"
}

Download raw JSONL data for なにそれ?おいしいの? meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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