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"antonyms": [
{
"english": "no",
"roman": "īe",
"word": "いいえ"
},
{
"english": "uh-uh",
"roman": "ūn",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "ううん"
}
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"3": "yes"
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},
{
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"1": "yue",
"2": "係",
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},
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{
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"2": "拝",
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},
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},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "hey"
},
"expansion": "English hey",
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},
{
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"2": "yes"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Ultimate derivation currently unknown, with various resources listing no etymology. Theories include:\n* Perhaps related to interjection は (ha, “yes”), which first appears in the early 1600s.\n* Alternatively, may derive from Cantonese 係／系 (hai⁶), or perhaps from Sino-Japanese 拝 (hai), but this theory is not academically accepted.\nFirst cited as a general shout in the early 1600s (compare English hey), with the affirmative yes sense first cited to 1774.",
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"tags": [
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]
}
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{
"english": "Yes, understood.",
"roman": "Hai, shōchi shimashita.",
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"承",
"しょう"
],
[
"知",
"ち"
]
],
"text": "はい、承知しました。"
},
{
"english": "\"Hello, is this Mr./Ms. Kimura?\" \"Yes, Kimura speaking.\"",
"roman": "“Moshimoshi, Kimura-san desu ka?”“Hai, Kimura desu.”",
"ruby": [
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"木",
"き"
],
[
"村",
"むら"
],
[
"木",
"き"
],
[
"村",
"むら"
]
],
"text": "「もしもし、木村さんですか？」「はい、木村です。」"
},
{
"english": "Yes? What is it?",
"roman": "Hai, nan deshō ka.",
"ruby": [
[
"何",
"なん"
]
],
"text": "はい、何でしょうか。"
},
{
"english": "Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yes. Mmm, I see.",
"roman": "Hai. Hai. Hai. Naruhodo, naruhodo.",
"text": "はい。はい。はい。なるほど、なるほど。",
"type": "example"
}
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"got it"
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[
"here",
"here"
],
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"present",
"present"
],
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"right",
"right"
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[
"so",
"so"
],
[
"uh-huh",
"uh-huh"
]
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{
"english": "It's raining today so we can't go on a picnic? No, we can't go.",
"roman": "Kyō wa ame da kara, pikunikku ni wa ikemasen ne? Hai, ikemasen.",
"ruby": [
[
"今日",
"きょう"
],
[
"雨",
"あめ"
],
[
"行",
"い"
],
[
"行",
"い"
]
],
"text": "今日は雨だから、ピクニックには行けませんね？はい、行けません。"
}
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"no (in response to negative questions); agree"
],
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"agree"
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{
"english": "I'm sorry? Could you repeat that?",
"roman": "Hai? Nan desu tte?",
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"何",
"なん"
]
],
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"sorry"
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{
"english": "1, 2, 3, go!",
"roman": "Ichi, ni, san, hai!",
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[
"1",
"いち"
],
[
"2",
"に"
],
[
"3",
"さん"
]
],
"text": "1、2、3、はい！"
},
{
"english": "OK, let's stop here.",
"roman": "Hai, soko made.",
"text": "はい、そこまで。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Hey, we're done.",
"roman": "Hai owarī.",
"text": "はいおわりー。",
"type": "example"
}
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"general shout or call, compare English hey: go, start; stop, time's up (expressing a timing)"
],
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"shout",
"shout#English"
],
[
"call",
"call#English"
],
[
"English",
"w:English language"
],
[
"hey",
"hey#English"
],
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"start",
"start"
],
[
"stop",
"stop"
],
[
"time's up",
"time's up"
]
]
},
{
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{
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
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"Entry maintenance"
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I believe so, yes.",
"roman": "Sō da to omoimasu, hai.",
"ruby": [
[
"思",
"おも"
]
],
"text": "そうだと思います、はい。"
}
],
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"used to express mild uncertainty"
],
"id": "en-はい-ja-intj-xomfDuVS",
"raw_glosses": [
"(sentence-final) used to express mild uncertainty"
],
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{
"_dis1": "19 7 11 14 49",
"roman": "ē",
"sense": "informal but still polite",
"word": "ええ"
}
],
"tags": [
"sentence-final"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "はい"
},
{
"ipa": "[ha̠i]"
}
],
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"roman": "ā",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "ああ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "un",
"word": "うん"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shikari",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "しかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "ō",
"word": "応"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
"Iwanami Shoten",
"Kōjien",
"Shinmura Izuru",
"Tōkyō",
"ja:広辞苑"
],
"word": "はい"
}
{
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{
"english": "no",
"roman": "īe",
"word": "いいえ"
},
{
"english": "uh-uh",
"roman": "ūn",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "ううん"
}
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"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese interjections",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with unknown etymologies"
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"3": "yes"
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"tags": [
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"english": "Yes, understood.",
"roman": "Hai, shōchi shimashita.",
"ruby": [
[
"承",
"しょう"
],
[
"知",
"ち"
]
],
"text": "はい、承知しました。"
},
{
"english": "\"Hello, is this Mr./Ms. Kimura?\" \"Yes, Kimura speaking.\"",
"roman": "“Moshimoshi, Kimura-san desu ka?”“Hai, Kimura desu.”",
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[
"木",
"き"
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[
"村",
"むら"
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[
"木",
"き"
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[
"村",
"むら"
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],
"text": "「もしもし、木村さんですか？」「はい、木村です。」"
},
{
"english": "Yes? What is it?",
"roman": "Hai, nan deshō ka.",
"ruby": [
[
"何",
"なん"
]
],
"text": "はい、何でしょうか。"
},
{
"english": "Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yes. Mmm, I see.",
"roman": "Hai. Hai. Hai. Naruhodo, naruhodo.",
"text": "はい。はい。はい。なるほど、なるほど。",
"type": "example"
}
],
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[
"yes",
"yes"
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[
"okay",
"okay"
],
[
"understood",
"understood"
],
[
"got it",
"got it"
],
[
"here",
"here"
],
[
"present",
"present"
],
[
"right",
"right"
],
[
"so",
"so"
],
[
"uh-huh",
"uh-huh"
]
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{
"english": "It's raining today so we can't go on a picnic? No, we can't go.",
"roman": "Kyō wa ame da kara, pikunikku ni wa ikemasen ne? Hai, ikemasen.",
"ruby": [
[
"今日",
"きょう"
],
[
"雨",
"あめ"
],
[
"行",
"い"
],
[
"行",
"い"
]
],
"text": "今日は雨だから、ピクニックには行けませんね？はい、行けません。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"no (in response to negative questions); agree"
],
"links": [
[
"no",
"no"
],
[
"agree",
"agree"
]
]
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"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
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{
"english": "I'm sorry? Could you repeat that?",
"roman": "Hai? Nan desu tte?",
"ruby": [
[
"何",
"なん"
]
],
"text": "はい？何ですって？"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sorry? (What did you say?)"
],
"links": [
[
"sorry",
"sorry"
]
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"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
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{
"english": "1, 2, 3, go!",
"roman": "Ichi, ni, san, hai!",
"ruby": [
[
"1",
"いち"
],
[
"2",
"に"
],
[
"3",
"さん"
]
],
"text": "1、2、3、はい！"
},
{
"english": "OK, let's stop here.",
"roman": "Hai, soko made.",
"text": "はい、そこまで。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Hey, we're done.",
"roman": "Hai owarī.",
"text": "はいおわりー。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"general shout or call, compare English hey: go, start; stop, time's up (expressing a timing)"
],
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"shout",
"shout#English"
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[
"call",
"call#English"
],
[
"English",
"w:English language"
],
[
"hey",
"hey#English"
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[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"start",
"start"
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[
"stop",
"stop"
],
[
"time's up",
"time's up"
]
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"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
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{
"english": "I believe so, yes.",
"roman": "Sō da to omoimasu, hai.",
"ruby": [
[
"思",
"おも"
]
],
"text": "そうだと思います、はい。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"used to express mild uncertainty"
],
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"(sentence-final) used to express mild uncertainty"
],
"tags": [
"sentence-final"
]
}
],
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"other": "はい"
},
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}
],
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"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "ああ"
},
{
"english": "un",
"word": "うん"
},
{
"roman": "ē",
"sense": "informal but still polite",
"word": "ええ"
},
{
"roman": "shikari",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "しかり"
},
{
"roman": "ō",
"word": "応"
}
],
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"Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
"Iwanami Shoten",
"Kōjien",
"Shinmura Izuru",
"Tōkyō",
"ja:広辞苑"
],
"word": "はい"
}
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"灰",
"肺",
"杯",
"佩",
"珮",
"胚",
"拝"
],
"word": "はい"
}
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