にゃん in Japanese

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "にゃん",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ニャン",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "ニャン"
      },
      "expansion": "にゃん or ニャン • (nyan)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Animal sounds",
          "orig": "ja:Animal sounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meow: the cry of a cat"
      ],
      "id": "en-にゃん-ja-intj-pgPqJdk2",
      "links": [
        [
          "meow",
          "meow"
        ],
        [
          "cry",
          "cry"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia) meow: the cry of a cat"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "nyā",
          "word": "にゃあ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "にゃん"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "にゃん",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ニャン",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "ニャン"
      },
      "expansion": "にゃん or ニャン • (nyan)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese interjections",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese onomatopoeias",
        "Japanese terms spelled with にゃ",
        "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",
        "ja:Animal sounds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meow: the cry of a cat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meow",
          "meow"
        ],
        [
          "cry",
          "cry"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia) meow: the cry of a cat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "nyā",
      "word": "にゃあ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "にゃん"
}

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{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "にゃん"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "にゃん",
  "trace": ""
}

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"にゃん" meaning in Japanese

Interjection

Alternative forms