"なにやら" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [na̠ɲ̟ija̠ɾa̠] Forms: naniyara [romanization], nanyara [romanization], なにやら [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|hhira=なにやら}} なにやら • (naniyara) ^(←なにやら (nanyara)?)
  1. somehow; some kind of
    Sense id: en-なにやら-ja-adv-wEN6Zjvs
  2. for some reason
    Sense id: en-なにやら-ja-adv-oP9vQzfX Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: なんだか (nandaka), なんとなく (nantonaku)
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "naniyara",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nanyara",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なにやら",
      "roman": "nanyara",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "hhira": "なにやら"
      },
      "expansion": "なにやら • (naniyara) ^(←なにやら (nanyara)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nandaka",
      "word": "なんだか"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nantonaku",
      "word": "なんとなく"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "some suspicious person",
          "roman": "naniyara ayashii hito",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なにやら怪しい人",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somehow; some kind of"
      ],
      "id": "en-なにやら-ja-adv-wEN6Zjvs",
      "links": [
        [
          "somehow",
          "somehow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "sleepy for some reason",
          "roman": "naniyara nemusō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なにやら眠そう",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for some reason"
      ],
      "id": "en-なにやら-ja-adv-oP9vQzfX",
      "links": [
        [
          "for some reason",
          "for some reason"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なにやら"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ɲ̟ija̠ɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なにやら"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adverbs",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "naniyara",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nanyara",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なにやら",
      "roman": "nanyara",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "hhira": "なにやら"
      },
      "expansion": "なにやら • (naniyara) ^(←なにやら (nanyara)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "nandaka",
      "word": "なんだか"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nantonaku",
      "word": "なんとなく"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "some suspicious person",
          "roman": "naniyara ayashii hito",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なにやら怪しい人",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somehow; some kind of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "somehow",
          "somehow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "sleepy for some reason",
          "roman": "naniyara nemusō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なにやら眠そう",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for some reason"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for some reason",
          "for some reason"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なにやら"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ɲ̟ija̠ɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なにやら"
}

Download raw JSONL data for なにやら meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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