"にょろにょろ" meaning in Japanese

See にょろにょろ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞] Forms: にょろにょろ [canonical], ニョロニョロ [canonical], nyoronyoro [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|ニョロニョロ}} にょろにょろ or ニョロニョロ • (nyoronyoro)
  1. (onomatopoeia, of snakes, etc.) wriggling Tags: onomatopoeic, usually
    Sense id: en-にょろにょろ-ja-adv-Td6GNi~L Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46

Verb

IPA: [ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|ニョロニョロ}} にょろにょろする or ニョロニョロする • (nyoronyoro suru) suru (stem にょろにょろし (nyoronyoro shi), past にょろにょろした (nyoronyoro shita)) Forms: にょろにょろする [canonical], ニョロニョロする [canonical], nyoronyoro suru [romanization], にょろにょろし [stem], にょろにょろした [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], にょろにょろし [error-unrecognized-form], nyoronyoro shi [error-unrecognized-form], にょろにょろする [error-unrecognized-form], nyoronyoro suru [error-unrecognized-form], にょろにょろすれ [error-unrecognized-form], nyoronyoro sure [error-unrecognized-form], にょろにょろせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], にょろにょろしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], nyoronyoro seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], nyoronyoro shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], にょろにょろされる [passive], nyoronyoro sareru [passive], にょろにょろさせる [causative], にょろにょろさす [causative], nyoronyoro saseru [causative], nyoronyoro sasu [causative], にょろにょろできる [potential], nyoronyoro dekiru [potential], にょろにょろしよう [volitional], nyoronyoro shiyō [volitional], にょろにょろしない [negative], nyoronyoro shinai [negative], にょろにょろせず [continuative, negative], nyoronyoro sezu [continuative, negative], にょろにょろします [formal], nyoronyoro shimasu [formal], にょろにょろした [perfective], nyoronyoro shita [perfective], にょろにょろして [conjunctive], nyoronyoro shite [conjunctive], にょろにょろすれば [conditional, hypothetical], nyoronyoro sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (onomatopoeia, of snakes, etc.) to wriggle Tags: onomatopoeic, usually
    Sense id: en-にょろにょろ-ja-verb-Hzyq-bVk Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
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      "form": "にょろにょろ",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ニョロニョロ",
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    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro",
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      ]
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      "name": "ja-pos"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "_dis": "60 40",
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          "_dis": "60 40",
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          "_dis": "60 40",
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          "_dis": "58 42",
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          "_dis": "64 36",
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          "_dis": "54 46",
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          "_dis": "54 46",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      ],
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        "of snakes"
      ],
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        "onomatopoeic",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にょろにょろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "にょろにょろ"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろする",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ニョロニョロする",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro suru",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろし",
      "roman": "nyoronyoro shi",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろした",
      "roman": "nyoronyoro shita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ja-suru",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "にょろにょろし",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro seyo",
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    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shiro",
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        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "ニョロニョロ"
      },
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      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wriggle"
      ],
      "id": "en-にょろにょろ-ja-verb-Hzyq-bVk",
      "links": [
        [
          "wriggle",
          "wriggle"
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        "(onomatopoeia, of snakes, etc.) to wriggle"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of snakes"
      ],
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        "onomatopoeic",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にょろにょろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "にょろにょろ"
}
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "other": "にょろにょろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "にょろにょろ"
}

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      "form": "ニョロニョロする",
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      "form": "nyoronyoro suru",
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      "form": "にょろにょろし",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろした",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ja-suru",
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    {
      "form": "にょろにょろし",
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      "form": "nyoronyoro shi",
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    {
      "form": "にょろにょろする",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にょろにょろすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyoronyoro sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ニョロニョロ"
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      "expansion": "にょろにょろする or ニョロニョロする • (nyoronyoro suru) suru (stem にょろにょろし (nyoronyoro shi), past にょろにょろした (nyoronyoro shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese onomatopoeias"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wriggle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wriggle",
          "wriggle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia, of snakes, etc.) to wriggle"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of snakes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にょろにょろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞ɲ̟o̞ɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "にょろにょろ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for にょろにょろ meaning in Japanese (5.8kB)

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  "trace": ""
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (a681f8a and 3c020d2). 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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